Title
VIEW OF BAYONNE Taken from the Sand Hills on the left of the Adour, when occupied by the British Forces on the 12 of March, 1814, by Lieutenant George B Willis, of the Royal Artillery : Dedicated with permission to the Rt Honble Earl Mulgrave Master General of the Ordnance &c &c &c &c This Print is intended to commemorate 'the illustrious return of Field Marchal the Duke of Wellington, and that proud period, when after a Glorious career of Victory, and the deliverance of Spain and Portugal by British valour and perseverance, the English Standard was planted before the Walls of Bayonne, and the Legitimate Sovereign of France recalled to added His Seal to the GENERAL PEACE OF EUROPE. / Lieut George Brander Willis R.A. delt ; Clark & Dubourg sculp. ; Edwd Orme Bond Street corner of Brooke Str.
Creator
Dubourg, Matthew, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Published & Sold June 24 1814 by Edwd Orme Publisher to His Majesty & H.R.H the Prince Regent, Bond Strt, corner of Brooke Strt., [June 24 1814]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 50.5 x 64.2 cm
Description
View of soldiers patrolling on hills, a group of the left around a fire over which one is setting a kettle on a tripod, with a town on the far side of a river which broadens on the left, a bridge in the distance and the church and a fort on the right.
Place
Bayonne (France)
Other persons
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, printmaker.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.63.32.2.