Title
OPORTO, WITH THE BRIDGE OF BOATS : To the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley K.G., &c. &c. &c. This View of Oporto, upon its evacuation by MARSHAL SOULT, before MARQUIS WELLINGTON, in the Campaign of 1809, Is, with permission, respectfully dedicated by his LORDSHIP'S most obedient humble Servant ROBERT DAUBENY KING, Late Lieutenant, Royal Fusileers. / Henry Smith Esq.r del.t ; M. Dubourg sculp.t.
Creator
Dubourg, Matthew, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Sold July 1 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond St. corner of Brook Str.t., [July 1 1813]
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured aquatint and etching ; sheet 49.6 x 60.5 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Description
View of Porto from the West, with barges sailing on the Douro estuary in the foreground, crowds watching from the shore by the old city walls on the left, Muralhas Fernandinas above, Vila Nova de Gaia on the right, and troops crossing a bridge by which side a British ship is moored in the background. Dedication contains coat of arms of the Duke of Wellington.
Place
Porto (Portugal)
Other persons
Orme, Edward, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.74.73 b.