Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
Salamanca, 1812
MARCHING THE FRENCH PRISONERS INTO SALAMANCA after the BATTLE 1812
published 1 Mar 1813Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured; laid down on or edged with paper | 45.6 x 57.7 cm (image) | RCIN 735178
The Battle of Salamanca was won by the British army but at the cost of the life of General le Marchant (1766-1812), whose cavalry brigade can be seen on its famous charge in the right of this view. Le Marchant was the founder of the Royal Military College at High Wycombe, which had moved to Sandhurst in 1813 and was a favourite of George III.
Dedication: [bottom, below title, to each side of the coat of arms of the Prince Regent:] Dedicated to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York / BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S much obliged and obedient Servant, EDW.D ORME.
Additional text: [bottom right:] PROOF.
Condition: no fold lines.
Edward Orme (1775-28 September 1848) (publisher) [bottom centre, below edge of view:] Published March 1. 1813 by Edw.d Orme. Bond S.t corner of Brook St.t London.
Edward Wilmot (d. 1832) (artist) [bottom left, below edge of view:] Drawn on the spot by Cap.tn Wilmot Royal Horse Artillery
John Heaviside Clark (c. 1771-1863) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] J.H. Clark & M. Dubourg scult.t
Matthew Dubourg (1779-1863) (engraver)
Prince Frederick, Duke of York & Albany, 2nd son of George III, King of the United Kingdom (1763-1827) (dedicatee)
Watermark: J WHATMAN
Condition: no fold lines
41.6 x 57.7 cm (neatline)
45.6 x 57.7 cm (image)
48.9 x 65.5 cm (platemark)
52.7 x 68.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
MARCHING THE FRENCH PRISONERS INTO SALAMANCA after the BATTLE 1812. [bottom, below view, to each side of the coat of arms of the Prince Regent]
Dedication:
[bottom, below title, to each side of the coat of arms of the Prince Regent:] Dedicated to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York / BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S much obliged and obedient Servant, EDW.D ORME.
Additional text:
[bottom right:] PROOF.
Annotations:
(Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] XV-178- (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 10; [bottom right, black pencil:] 31/6; [centre, black pencil:] 10
George III catalogue entry:
Salamanca Marching the French Prisoners into Salamanca after the Battle on the 22.d of July 1812: by Capt.n Wilmot, engraved by Clark and Dubourg and published by Orme, 1813.
Subject(s)
Salamanca, Castille and Léon, Spain (40°58'00"N 05°39'00"W)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Another example of this print is published in C. Kent, Estampas de la Guerra de la Independencia en la Provincia de Salamanca. Salamanca, 2010, plate 46, p.81
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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