D havell engraver (2 risultati)
Altre immaginiLingua: Inglese
Editore: J. Jenkins., 48 Strand, London., 1815
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Da: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, Regno UnitoColophon Books (UK)
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 18,03
EUR 30,63 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloNo Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A hand-coloured aquatint showing a scene from this battle. Printed on hand made cartridge paper, plate mark visible at the top and faint line at the edges where it might once have been framed. measure. 9.5 x 11 inches [22.5 x 27.5 cm]. The Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) saw the Anglo-Spani…sh-Portuguese Army under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley attack an Imperial French army led by Marshal Nicolas Soult in southern France. The outnumbered French repelled several Allied assaults on their right flank, but their centre and left flank were overcome and Soult was compelled to retreat. Many French soldiers were taken Prisoner as the retreat became an untidy route.
Altre immaginiEditore: George Andrews, London, 1812
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Da: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA)
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 3314,41
EUR 21,45 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPair of color printed aquatints, with hand-coloring, engraved by R. and D. Havell. Lovely pair of color aquatints depicting a naval battle between the British and French in the Adriatic Sea during the Napoleonic Wars. A pair of engravings from a suite of hand-colored plates recounting the Battle of Lissa on March 13, 1811. "The…Battle of Lissa (sometimes called the Battle of Vis; French: Bataille de Lissa; Italian: Battaglia di Lissa; Croatian: Vika bitka) was a naval action fought between a British frigate squadron and a larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller ships on 13 March 1811 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. The engagement was fought in the Adriatic Sea for possession of the strategically important island of Lissa (also known as Vis), from which the British squadron had been disrupting French shipping in the Adriatic. The French needed to control the Adriatic to supply a growing army in the Illyrian Provinces, and consequently dispatched an invasion force in March 1811 consisting of six frigates, numerous smaller craft and a battalion of Italian soldiers. The French invasion force under Bernard Dubourdieu was met by Captain William Hoste and his four ships based on the island. In the subsequent battle, Hoste sank the French flagship, captured two others, and scattered the remainder of the Franco-Venetian squadron. The battle has been hailed as an important British victory, due to both the disparity between the forces and the signal raised by Hoste, a former subordinate of Horatio Nelson. Hoste had raised the message "Remember Nelson" as the French bore down, and had then manoeuvred to drive Dubourdieu's flagship ashore and scatter his squadron in what has been described as "one of the most brilliant naval achievements of the war." (Wikipedia).
