A view of the harbour and city of the Havana taken from the hill near the road between la Regla and Guanavacoa

Elias Durnford, W. Elliot

Verlag: London, 1764

Beschreibung

Engraved and etching on laid paper. 54 x 37, 5 cms(engraved surface) with margins slightly trimmed. The engraving represents thre english fleet that occupied Havana city during the Seven Years war in 1762 up to 1763. Durnford was a militar engineer that took sketches and drawings of the city to be published in London upon his arrival. The view is dedicated to lord Albemarle as commander in chief of the british forces. This topographical engraving is one of the first printed representations of the Havana city and nowadays are considered very rare. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0319122019

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Titel: A view of the harbour and city of the Havana...

Verlag: London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1764

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