A North View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe, When in Posession of His Majestys Forces in 1759.

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A North View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe, When in Posession of His Majestys Forces in 1759.
A North View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe, When in Posession of His Majestys Forces in 1759.
Artist/Maker (British, 1739 - 1791)
Engraver (British, 1754 - 1804)
Publisher (British, 1701? - 1779)
Date[1768]
MediumEtching and engraving
DimensionsComposition: 11 5/16 x 19 11/16 in. (28.8 x 50 cm) Sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 7/8 in. (33.6 x 50.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.41
Not on view
DescriptionView of military fort and encampment. "Fort, flag flying; people, tents in foreground."
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Published References Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATOLOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 331, catalogue no.P2a.
Signature Inscribed in typeset below title: Drawn on the SPOT by Lieut. Arch. Campbell, Engineer. Engraved by Grignion.
Inscribed Inscribed in typset at lower right: e.3. / Vüe du Fort Royal dans l'Isle de Guadaloupe du Cote du Nord / occupé par les troupes de sa Majesté Britannique en 1759.; in typeset at lower right: A North View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe, / when in possession of his Majestys Forces in 1759.; in typeset at lower center: Drawn on the SPOT by Lieut/ Arch. Campbell Engineer. Engraved by Grignion. / London Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos., Jeffreys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the strand, Carington Bowels at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill.; in pencil on verso at center: #15; in pencil on verso at upper left [partly beneath tape]: 1.100 [?]
A View of the Town of St. George and Richmond Heights in the Island of Grenada taken from the Bay by Lieut. Col. J. Wilson & dedicated to his Excellency Major General Phineas Riall Governor & Commander in Chief &c. & c. &c.
A View of the Town of St. George and Richmond Heights in the Island of Grenada taken from the Bay by Lieut. Col. J. Wilson & dedicated to his Excellency Major General Phineas Riall Governor & Commander in Chief &c. & c. &c.
Lieutenant Colonel J. Wilson
Date: published November 1, 1819
Medium: Aquatint with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.66
The Taking of the French Island of Martinique in The West Indies On Feb.y 24 1809 With a View of the Bombardment of Fort Bourbon and the surrender of that Fortress and the whole Island to the British Forces under the command of Genl. Beckwith
The Taking of the French Island of Martinique in The West Indies On Feb.y 24 1809 With a View of the Bombardment of Fort Bourbon and the surrender of that Fortress and the whole Island to the British Forces under the command of Genl. Beckwith
G. Thompson
Date: published June 17, 1809
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.62
To Major Hare. of the 12th Light Dragoons. This view of the Bay & Town of St. Pierre is Inscribed by his Sincere and Obliged Friend, Cooper Willyams
To Major Hare. of the 12th Light Dragoons. This view of the Bay & Town of St. Pierre is Inscribed by his Sincere and Obliged Friend, Cooper Willyams
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.1
Capture of Basse Terre Guadaloupe, with a View of the attack made upon it by Commodor Moore & Gov Douglas
Capture of Basse Terre Guadaloupe, with a View of the attack made upon it by Commodor Moore & Gov Douglas
Nicholas Pocock
Date: 1789
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.15
Preventive Detention: Cambodians suspected of working with the North Vietnamese or pro-Sihanouk forces are being held behind barbed wire at Kompong Taches, 45 miles north of Pnompenh. The town is along Route 5, the country's vital rice road to the northwest. Government forces are trying to retake the road from the Communists who hold it
Preventive Detention: Cambodians suspected of working with the North Vietnamese or pro-Sihanouk forces are being held behind barbed wire at Kompong Taches, 45 miles north of Pnompenh. The town is along Route 5, the country's vital rice road to the northwest. Government forces are trying to retake the road from the Communists who hold it
Unknown artist
Date: October 17, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.183
S.W. view of Forts Bourbon & Louis, in the Island of Martinique
S.W. view of Forts Bourbon & Louis, in the Island of Martinique
Samuel Alken
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.2
N.E. view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique
N.E. view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.3
N.E. view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique
N.E. view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.65
Professional image by David Revette
To Major General Cuyler this View of FORT GEORGE, in the Island of Tobago, taken from Morne Grace, the place where the Troops halted previous to the, Assault on the night of the 14th April 1793
Frederick Maitland
Date: published August 20, 1793
Medium: Halftone engraving
Object number: 1971.52
Vietnamese Troops Eject Communist Infiltrators From Saigon Area: the remaining members, 30 men and one woman, of the badly beaten Viet Cong 308th main force Battalion are shown in Cholon after their surrender to Government forces. Seated (front row, center) is Vo Thi My, a NVA woman liaison cadre. On her left is Nguyen Van Gac, operational staff officer for the battalion. Approximately 70 percent of VC main force units are North Vietnamese regular soldiers
Vietnamese Troops Eject Communist Infiltrators From Saigon Area: the remaining members, 30 men and one woman, of the badly beaten Viet Cong 308th main force Battalion are shown in Cholon after their surrender to Government forces. Seated (front row, center) is Vo Thi My, a NVA woman liaison cadre. On her left is Nguyen Van Gac, operational staff officer for the battalion. Approximately 70 percent of VC main force units are North Vietnamese regular soldiers
Unknown artist
Date: June 1968
Medium: Vintage newswire
Object number: 2023.12.186
Fort Charlotte, St. Vincent's from Kingston, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Fort Charlotte, St. Vincent's from Kingston, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.11
Untitled [town, harbor and fort of Saint George, Grenada]
Untitled [town, harbor and fort of Saint George, Grenada]
Date: 1796
Medium: Watercolor on wove paper
Object number: 1973.4