Title
II.E VUE DU FORT ROYAL DE LA MARTINIQUE : prise de la premiere embrasure de la baterie de la Prison du cote du petit escalier qui monte au fort. Dessinee, Dediee et Presentee a Madame, belle-soeur du Roi Par Mr. 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 Graveur, rue des Francs-bourgeois, Porte St. Michel Maison du Caffe de la nouvelle Comedie, [between 1784 and 1785]
Physical details
1 print : engraving and etching ; platemark 32 x 48.2 cm, on sheet 32.8 x 48.2 cm (trimmed below platemark at upper edge).
Description
A soldier stands by a palisade outside Fort Saint Louis in the foreground, looking at the bay at left, the town of Fort Royal at middle left, and the military facilities and plantations at right, with Morne Tartanc_on and Morne Bourbon 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.b.