Title
A VIEW from the SIX GUN BATTERY at the ENTRANCE into CARENAGE BAY in the ISLAND of ST LUCIA : TO HER MOST SACRED MAJESTY CHARLOTTE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND IRELAND, These twelve Views of the Island of St Lucia, are by Permission dedicated by her Majesty's most dutiful and humble Servant, Cha.s Forrest Lieu.t in the late 90.th Reg.t of Foot. / C. Forrest delin. ; F. Chesham sculp.
Creator
Chesham, Francis, 1749-1806, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published as the Act directs. March 1. 1786, by John Walker. No. 148, Strand, [March 1 1786]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint, etching and engraving, printed in sepia ink ; platemark 30.5 x 50.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 51.4 cm.
Description
A soldier leaning on his rifle stands by a row of cannons behind the wall of a fortification in the foreground, with warships on Carenage Bay and tornado seen in distance in the background. Title contains coat of arms of Queen Charlotte.
Place
Saint Lucia
Other persons
Forrest, Charles Ramus, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.123.106.a.