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Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)

Views of naval engagements and maps of battles

EDWARD ORME (1775-28 SEPTEMBER 1848)

Réunion, 1809 (Réunion, Indian Ocean [French Overseas Department]) 21°06'00"S 55°36'00"E

1809 or later

Part aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper; detail is printed in pale brown; hand coloured; edged with paper | 18.2 x 21.2 cm (image) | RCIN 735153

A view of the attack on Saint Paul (21°00'34"S 55°16'14"E) on the north-west coast of the island of Réunion (also known as Île Bonaparte, and Île Bourbon). Napoleonic Wars (1803-15).

For further reading, see:
J.K. Laughton, 'Irby, Charles Leonard (1789–1845)', Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

Condition: no fold lines; one crease line.
  • Edward Orme (1775-28 September 1848) (publisher) [bottom centre, below title:] London: Published by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King Engraver & Publisher, Bond Str.t corner of Brook Street.

    After Charles Leonard Irby (1789-1845) (artist) [bottom left, below edge of view:] The Hon,,ble Charles Leonard Irby, R.N. Del.t

    C Calvert (active 1809) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] C. Calvert sculp.t

    Subject(s)

    Royal Navy
    Navy-France
  • Watermark: None visible

    Condition: no fold lines; one crease line

  • 14.5 x 21.2 cm (neatline)

    18.2 x 21.2 cm (image)

    20.9 x 25.8 cm (platemark)

    22.9 x 27.9 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    Attack on S.T PAUL’S ISLAND of BOURBON, Sept.r 21.st 1809, / By the British Squadron under Commodore Rowley consisting of H:M: Ships Raisonable, Boadicea, Sirius, Mereide, / Otter, & E.I.C. Schooner Wasp, and the Land Forces under L.t Col. Keating 56,,th Reg,,t The advanced British Frigate, is the / Sirius Capt. Pym raking the French Frigate La Caroline, the first Battery, was taken by L,,t Cottel, commanding R[l] / Marines & L,,t Knight 56,,th per Orders of L,,t Col. Keating. [bottom, below view]

    Annotations:

    (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] XV.153; [bottom right, black pencil:] 29. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 203*; [top right, black pencil:] 29.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Naval Engagement View of the Attack on S.t Pauls, Island of Bourbon, by the British Squadron under Commodore Rowley, and the Land Forces commanded by Lieut. Col.l Keating, on the 21.st of Sept.r 1809: by the Hon.ble C.L. Irby, engraved by Calvert, and published by Orme.

  • Subject(s)

    Réunion, Indian Ocean [French Overseas Department] (21°06'00"S 55°36'00"E)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    J.K. Laughton, 'Irby, Charles Leonard (1789–1845)', Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

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  • 25 May 2024