Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
Vila Velha, 1811 (Vila Velha de Ródão, Castelo Branco, Portugal) 39°39'23"N 07°40'36"W
published 10 Oct 1812Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured; edged with paper | 36.5 x 50.0 cm (image) | RCIN 735155.e
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. Pub. June 12. 1813. by C. Turner 50. Warren Str.t Fitzroy Sq.e Mess.rs Colnaghi Cockspur Street. M.r Molteno Pall Mall. Mess.rs Boydell Cheapside & M.r Booth Duke Street, Portland Chapel.
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-PortugalWatermark: J WHATMAN 1811
Condition: no fold lines
32.9 x 50.0 cm (neatline)
36.5 x 50.0 cm (image)
41.2 x 57.9 cm (platemark)
43.7 x 60.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
N,,o 5 / TROOPS BEVOUACK'D near the Village of VILLA VELHA, on the Evening of the 19;th of May, 1811. / shewing the various occupations of an Encampment. [bottom centre, below view]
Annotations:
(Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, in Evelyn Heaton-Smith’s hand:] G.3 [and] XV-155-e. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 31; [centre, black pencil:] 1811-31.
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)
Vila Velha de Ródão, Castelo Branco, Portugal (39°39'23"N 07°40'36"W)
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