Title
A VIEW OF ST. LUCIA & PART OF MARTINIQUE : Taken from the Two Gun Battery, St. Lucia. / Drawn from Nature by Lieu.t Cha. Forrest, late of the 90. Reg.t ; Engraved by Fra.s Chesham.
Creator
Chesham, Francis, 1749-1806, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Publish'd as the Act directs. March 10. 1784, by W. Faden, Corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, [March 10 1784]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint, etching and engraving, printed in sepia ink ; platemark 30.2 x 50.3 cm, on sheet 30.9 x 51.7 cm.
Description
A British officer stands on top of a hill carrying a rifle over his shoulder surrounded by semi-clad native men and women carrying baskets of fruit and wood in the foreground, with tents and cannons beyond, town at right, warships on a bay and Pigeon Island in the background and Martinique seen in distance.
Place
Saint Lucia
Additional information
From a series of twelve plates dedicated to Queen Charlotte (see Maps K.Top.123.106.a.).
Other persons
Forrest, Charles Ramus, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.123.106.e.