- Title
- I.RE VUE DU FORT ROYAL DE LA MARTINIQUE : DU COTE DU PORT. prise a mi-cote du Morne qui est au bas de l'Habitation de Madame Vanier. Dessinee, Dediee et Presentee a Madame, belle-soeur du Roi Par M. le Chevalier d'Epernay, Capitaine au Corps Royal de l'Artillerie. / Dirige par Nee.
- Creator
- Nee, Franc'ois Denis, 1732-1817, printmaker, publisher.
- Publication details
- [Paris] : Se vend a Paris chez Nee rue des Francs Bourgeois Porte S. Michel Maison du Caffe de la Nouvelle Comedie, [between 1784 and 1785]
- Physical details
- 1 print : engraving and etching ; platemark 31.5 x 47.7 cm, on sheet 32.2 x 47.7 cm (trimmed below platemark at upper edge).
- Description
- A man and a woman seen from behind stand in the foreground looking at the town of Fort-Royal seen beyond a forest, with a boat moored by the bay at left, sailing ships near Fort Saint Louis at middle left, barrels piled up in the waterfront and houses in the middle, with army warehouses, river, bridge and hills at right in the background; key to print below. Title contains coat of arms of Louis XVI's sister-in-law. Watermark.
- Place
- Martinique
- Additional information
- The three views were advertised in the Journal Encyclope_dique in January 1785, at a price of 1 liv. 4s. each.
- Other persons
- D'Epernay, Chevalier, active 1784-1785, artist.
- Shelfmark
- Maps K.Top.123.103.a.
