Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
View of Penamacor, 1811 (Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal) 40°10'08"N 07°10'11"W
published 1 Nov 1814Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured; edged with paper | 37.1 x 51.1 cm (image) | RCIN 735155.m
Penamacor is about 20 km south of Sabugal (RCIN 735155.i) and about 50 km north-east of Castelo Branco.
This is one of a set of twelve prints in the K.Mil. collection (RCINs 735155.a-m) of the principal occurrences of the campaigns in Spain and Portugal in 1810 and 1811 after paintings by Thomas Staunton St Clair. For more information on this set, see RCIN 735155.
Condition: no fold lines.
Thomas Staunton St Clair (1785-1847) (artist) [bottom left, below edge of view:] Major T. S.t Clair pinx.t
Charles Turner (1774-1857) (engraver and publisher) [bottom right, below edge of view:] C. Turner Sculp.
Josiah Boydell (18 January 1752-27 March 1817) (publisher)
John Booth (active 1794-1840) (publisher)
Colnaghi & Co (c.1785-1911) (publisher)
Anthony Molteno (active 1783-1830) (publisher) [bottom centre, below title:] London, Published Nov. 1. 1814, by C. Turner, 50, Warren Str, Fitzroy Sq.r, Mess.rs Colnaghi, Cock spur Street; M.r Molteno, Pall Mall; Mess.rs Boydell, Cheapside; & M.r Booth, Duke Street, Portland Chapel.
Subject(s)
Army-PortugalWatermark: None
Condition: no fold lines
34.1 x 51.1 cm (neatline)
37.1 x 51.1 cm (image)
41.4 x 57.9 cm (platemark)
44.0 x 60.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
N,,o 12 / PENA MACOR, an ancient Fortress on the Frontier of PORTUGAL. / Portuguese Troops on the march to Castello Branco, 18.th March, 1811. [bottom centre, below view]
Annotations:
(Recto) [bottom left, in Evelyn Heaton-Smith's hand, black pencil:] G.3 [and] XV-155-m. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 38; [bottom right, black pencil:] 21/; [centre, black pencil:] 1811-38.
George III catalogue entry:
Spain Twelve Views of the principal occurences of the Campaigns of 1810 and 1811 in Spain and Portugal: by Major T. S.t Clair, engraved by C. Turner, 1812-15.
Subject(s)
Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal (40°10'08"N 07°10'11"W)
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