COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07265
Record number:
07265-6
JCB call number:
D796 W742a / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
Image title:
N.E. view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique.
Creator 1:
Cooper Willyams
Creator 1 dates:
1762-1816
Creator 1 role:
Drawn by
Creator 2:
S. Alken
Creator 2 role:
Fecit
Place image published:
London
Image publisher:
[T. Bensley]
Image date:
1796
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 55
Technique:
etching, aquatint
Image dimension height:
26.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
43 cm.
Page dimension height:
29 cm.
Page dimension width:
46.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
View of the storming of Fort Louis, Martinique. Includes soldiers, cannons, ships, fortifications, boats, and horses.
Source creator:
Willyams, Cooper, 1762-1816
Source Title:
An account of the campaign in the West Indies, in the year 1794, under the command of their excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K. B. ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed by T. Bensley; for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall; B. and J. White, Fleet-Street; and J. Robson, New Bond-Street.
Source date:
1796
notes:
The British took forts Bourbon and Louis from the French. Fort Bourbon is at the top of the hill.A noted topographer and artist, the Reverend Cooper was the son of a British naval commander. After attending Cambridge, he was ordained and contributed to "Topographical Miscellanies" before first going to sea as chaplain on the Boyne in 1793. The Boyne participated in the West Indies' action related to the war between England and France. In 1796, Willyams returned to London and published this account of that campaign. In 1802 he again set sail with Nelson's fleet.The monarchists on Martinique had invited British occupation in 1794, and the island remained under British control until 1802.The engraver is probably Samuel Alken, Senior, 1756-1815.This is the large paper edition.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Gift of the author to Richard Croft Esqr. MD. Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Martinique
Subject headings:
Fortification--Martinique
Subject headings:
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
Subject headings:
Naval battles
N.E. view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique.
