Title
THE MONUMENT Erected at Corunna by the Spaniards To the Memory of SIR JOHN MOORE K.B. : Commander in Chief of the British Army in Spain. Who gloriously fell at the Battle of Elvina / T. Overton sc.
Creator
Overton, Thomas, active 1810-1840, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published by John Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, January 6 1810.
Physical details
1 print : etching and stipple ; platemark 25.1 x 18.9 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 21.2 cm
Description
A pyramid decorated with military regalia and flaming spheres on a square plinth with three steps enclosed by three cannon-shaped poles, with its inscription transcribed and translated below.
Place
La Corun_a (Spain)
Additional information
'Shortly after Moore's death Corunna was occupied by Spanish troops under the marque_s de La Romana. A wooden column was painted to resemble stone and placed over the grave on a pediment of guns and shells, the impressive unveiling ceremony being attended by military and civil authorities. Romana wrote an inscription on the column in black chalk. Subsequently, the British converted this memorial into a more permanent structure of marble, with a Latin inscription. In 1834 the site was further modified, with a railing installed around a plain granite urn, which marked the grave' (John Sweetman,
Other persons
Booth, John (Bookseller), publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.73.48.1.