Title
A View in the Market Place in the City of the Havana = Vue de La Place du Marche_ dans La ville de La Havane = Vista de la Plaza del Mercado en la Ciudad de la Havana. / Drawn by Elias Durnford, Engineer ; Engraved by C. C. Canot and T. Morris.
Creator
Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 14, 1765. by Thomas Jefferys, Corner of St. Martins Lane, [March 14 1765]
Physical details
1 print : etching and engraving ; platemark 36.5 x 53 cm, on sheet 37.1 x 53.7 cm
Description
A commanding officer and his squad in the market square (Plaza Vieja) in Havana (La Habana), with children playing around a fountain, priests, soldiers, and women carrying baskets in the foreground, and figures in the balconies of the porticoed houses enclosing the square in the background.
Place
Havana (Cuba)
Additional information
One of six views drawn by Elias Durnford and dedicated to the Earl of Albemarle.
Other persons
Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, printmaker.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.123.28.f.