Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
Etching and engraving; printed on paper | 38.0 x 54.1 cm (image) | RCIN 735182.b
Printed key to the view of the Battle of the Pyrenees at RCIN 735182.a. A key, 1-13, in English and French to the various people and scenes in the view. Below the key, a printed description by the Duke of Wellington of the battle from the London Gazette Extraordinary, 16 August 1813.
John Hassell (active 1789-1823) and T. Rickards (active 1814) (publisher) [right, below key] Pub.d Oct.r 1. 1814, by Hassell & Rickards, 344, Stra[nd].
After John Masey Wright (1777-1866) (artist) [bottom left, below view:] Painted by I.M. Wright
Henry Moses (1782-1870) (etcher)
George Robert Lewis (1782-1871) (aquatinter) [bottom right, below view at RCIN 735182.a:] Etch'd by H. Moses Aquat.d by G. Lewis.
Watermark: None
Condition: no fold lines
38.0 x 54.1 cm (image)
40.1 x 54.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Military. Battle of the Pyrenees 28 July 1813. Port-folio N.o 1.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, above printed description, black pencil:] 11. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Pyrenees View of the Battle of the Pyrenees on the 28.th of July 1813: by I.M. Wright, engraved by Moses and Lewis, published by Hassell and Rickards, 1814: with an Index Plate and a Copy of the Gazette containing an Account of the Battle.
From the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by George III (1738-1820)