拍品 1712
  • 1712

LIEUTENANT JOHN IRVING. VIEW OF THE TOWN OF NASSAU... [AND] VIEW OF FORT CHARLOTTE, THE TOWN OF NASSAU

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  • Large-scale Views of Nassau, Bahamas: A Pair of Aquatints 
Two hand-colored aquatints, London: Edward Harding, 1802. Framed. lot includes: View of the Town of Nassau, Fort Charlotte, taken from the Terrace of Fort Fincastle in the Island of New Providence — View of Fort Charlotte, the Town of Nassau & in the Island of New Providence, taken from Silver Key at the Entrance of the Harbour each sheet approximately: 648 by 978 mm  25 1/2 by 38 1/2

拍品資料及來源

Two large-scale views of Nassau, Bahamas: among the rarest printed views of British colonial possessions in the Americas. Originally separately-issued, these views are amongst the earliest representations of Nassau.