Title
THE TOWN OF ELVAS, ITS AQUEDUCT, & FORT LUCIE : TO FIELD MARSHAL, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS FREDERIC DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES, &c. &c. &c. This View, taken under FORT LA LIPPE, shewing particularly the Town of Elvas, on the Frontier of Portugal, distinguished as the head quarters of the British Army during the campaigns under Field Marshal the Marquis of Wellington, together with its Aqueduct, and Fort Lucie, is, (with permission), most humbly dedicated, by His Royal Highness's obedient and devoted Servant ROBERT DAUBENY KING, Late Lieutenant, Royal Fusileers. / Henry Smith Esq.r del.t ; Dubourg sculp.t.
Creator
Dubourg, Matthew, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Sold Aug.t 1 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond St. corner of Brook St., [August 1 1813]
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured aquatint and etching ; sheet 49.5 x 60.1 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Description
British infantry soldiers rest around a bonfire under the trees, with troops marching down a road at the feet of a hill crowned by a fortification away from the town of Elvas in the background; plains and hills beyond. Dedication contains coat of arms of the Duke of York.
Place
Elvas (Portugal)
Other persons
Orme, Edward, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.74.70.1.b.