Title
A View taken from LISBON of the Point of Cassilhas, the English Hospital, & the Convent of Almada : On the opposite side of the Tagus _ the original drawing by Noel in the possession of Gerard de Visme Esq.r / Drawn by Noel ; Engraved by Wells.
Creator
Wells, John, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Publish'd as the Act directs, May 20th. 1793.
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching ; sheet 48.8 x 65.5 cm
Description
View of Cacilhas from the North; in the foreground, two sailors load baskets from a barge inscribed 'JWells Aqua' onto the deck of a ferry-boat where a woman and two men wait on the left, near a boat carrying a passenger under a canopy and six rowers on the right, with church of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, port and village of Cacilhas at the foot of a hill crowned by ruins and by the English flag flying over the hospital behind; sailing ships on the Tagus River in the background. Printed in sepia ink.
Place
Almada (Portugal)
Other persons
Noe_l, Alexandre Jean, 1752-1834, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.74.66.c.4.