Title
CAPE COAST CASTLE, a British Settlement on the Gold Coast, AFRICA. : To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CLARENCE, This Plate is with His gracious permission humbly Dedicated by His Highnesses most obliged & devoted Servants G. Webster & J. Barrow. / Drawn by G Webster. ; Engraved by J. Hill.
Creator
Hill, John, 1770-1850, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published Octr 26 1806 by J. Barrow No1 Weston Place St Pancras & G. Webster No21 White Lion Street, Pentonville., [October 26 1806]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; sheet 44 x 60.3 cm
Description
A castle with rows of windows across the two storeys, twin flights of steps to the entrance, with walls surrounding it and its grounds, at the foot of hills at the edge of the sea, seen to the right from across the water, with a large sailing ship at anchor on the left and smaller boats nearby.
Place
Ahanta West District (Ghana)
Other persons
Webster, George, 1775- artist, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.117.108.b.