Title
A View of the Harbour & City of the Havana = Vue du Port et de la Ville de la Havane = Vista del Puerto y Ciudad de la Havana : taken from the Hill near the Road, Between La Regla & Guanavacoa. To the Right Honourable GEORGE Earl of Albemarle, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces on the late Expedition to CUBA; These Six Views of the City, Harbour, & Country of the HAVANA, are most humbly Inscribed, By his Lordship's most Obedient & Devoted Humble Serv.t Elias Durnford, Engineer. / W. Elliott Sculp.t.
Creator
Elliot, William, 1727-1766, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Aug.t 1764 by T. Jefferys, Corner of St. Martins Lane, [August 1764]
Physical details
1 print : etching and engraving ; platemark 36.6 x 53 cm (trimmed below platemark at upper edge), on sheet 37.6 x 53.8 cm
Description
Different types of trees and shrubs including Mountain Aloe and Plantain on a mound near the town of Guanabacoa in the foreground, with files and hills beyond and dock at left, La Regla pier in middle left, and Morro Castle and entrance to the harbour of Havana (La Habana) at right in the background. Dedication contains the coat of arms of the Earl of Albemarle.
Place
Havana (Cuba)
Other persons
Durnford, Elias, 1739-1794, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.123.28.a.