Title
VIEW OF ST EUSTATIA : As it appeared on the 13th of April 1781, after the Surrender of the Island to His Majesty's Forces, under the Command of Vice Admiral Sir George Bridges Rodney Bar.t & the Hon.ble Major General John Vaughan. [TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES] Is by Permission most humbly inscribed by his Royal Highness's most obedient & most humble Servant, Charles Forrest Lieut.t 90th. Reg.t. / Drawn by Lieut.t Cha.s Forrest 90th. Reg.t of Foot ; Engraved by Arch.d Robertson.
Creator
Robertson, Archibald, 1765-1835, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Published as the Act directs July 8. 1782, by Lieut.t Cha.s Forrest at H. J. Hansard's Esq. Gerrard Street Soho, [July 8 1782]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching, printed in sepia ink ; sheet 43.3 x 96.7 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Description
View of Sint Eustatius from the south-east, with frigate and warships on the Caribbean sea in the foreground, Tumbledown Dick Hill at left, town in the middle and Devil's Punch Bowl at right in the background and part of the island of Saba seen in distance at left; key to the print below. Title contains coat of arms of the Prince of Wales.
Place
Sint Eustatius
Other persons
Forrest, Charles Ramus, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.123.76.