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‘The attack upon Guadaloupe, by the Troops under the command of Lieut Genl Beckwith, on the 3rd of February, 1810 at Midnight which led to the Capture of that Island and subsequently to the whole of the Enemy’s possessions in the West Indies’

line engraving, coloured, engraving

Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-188-1

Description

The attack upon Guadaloupe, by the troops under the command of Lt Gen Beckwith, on the 3rd of February 1810 at midnight... Coloured line engraving by T Edwards after W H Brooke, from 'The Stationer's Almanack', 1810 (c) Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Guadeloupe (1810).

Events

Guadeloupe, Recapture of, 1810 (Napoleonic Wars, West Indies 1803-1810)

People

Beckwith, Sir George

Brooke, William Henry

Edwards, T

Dimensions

Width: 17 in Text: 8.5 in Part 1: 9.75 in Part 1: 17.5 in

Inscriptions

bottom ‘The Attack upon GUADALOUPE, by the Troops under the command of LIEUT GENL BECKWITH, on the 3d of February 1810 at Midnight / which led to the Capture of that Island and subsequently to the whole of the Enemy’s possessions in the West Indies.’ top ‘STATIONERS ALMANACK, 1811’ bottom ‘Engrav’d from an Original Painting of W H Brooke by I Edwards’