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Auction 120, Lot 406
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"S.W. View of Forts Bourbon & Louis, in the Island of Martinique", Willyams, Rev. Cooper

Subject: Martinique

Period: 1796 (dated)

Publication: An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies…

Color: Printed Color

Size:
17 x 10 inches
43.2 x 25.4 cm
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A rare and dramatic view of the island depicting a 1793 British attack against the French stronghold. The Rev. Willyams was chaplain on the Boyne in 1793, during England's war with France. In 1796, Willyams returned to London and published An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies... which included six drawings by Willyams, all rendered in the difficult aquatint technique by Samuel Alken. The scene is filled with warships and the battery in the harbor's center.

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Condition: B

Toning and mat burn in margins, tape remnants on verso. A lovely example.

Estimate: $600 - $700

Unsold

Closed on 7/18/2007

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