print
- Museum number
- 1932,0213.275
- Title
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Object: Siège du fort St Philippe
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Series: Recueil d'estampes représentant les différents évènements de la guerre qui a procuré l'independance aux Etats-Unis de l'Amérique
- Description
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Plate 11: siege of St Philip's Castle on Minorca, 15/16 January 1782, with in the right foreground three French officers on horseback, a black page boy nearby, on the left soldiers firing a cannon, and in the distance the besieged fort; finished state. 1782
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1782
- Dimensions
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Height: 189 millimetres
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Width: 215 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1932,0213.264 for comment on the series.
This particular plate was advertised in 'Journal de Paris', 9 September 1782, and in 'Affiches, annonces et avis divers', 27 November & 14 December 1782.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: American War of Independence 1775-1783
- Acquisition date
- 1932
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1932,0213.275
