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Storming of Cuidad [sic] Rodrigo by the Light Division on the night of the 19th January 1812...the Forlon [sic] Hope led by Captain Gurwood...

aquatint, coloured, print

Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-114-1

Description

Storming of Cuidad [sic] Rodrigo by the Light Division on the night of the 19th January 1812...the Forlon Hope led by Captain Gurwood... Coloured aquatint by J H Clark and H Merke after a sketch by an officer, published by E Orme, February 1815. Associated with the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, Peninsular War (1808-1814) 1812.

Events

Ciudad Rodrigo, Siege of, 1812 (Peninsular War 1808-1814)

Units

People

Clark, John Heaviside

Dimensions

Width: 14.5 in Text: 10 in Part 1: 13 in Part 1: 14 in

Inscriptions

bottom ‘from a Sketch made on the Spot by an Officer’ bottom left ‘Pubd and Sold Feby 1 1813 by Edwd Orme Printseller and Publisher to his Majesty and HRH the Prince Regent.’ bottom ‘I H Clark and H Merke sculpt’ bottom right ‘STORMING OF CUIDAD RODRIGO, / by the light division on the Night of the 19th of January 1812, with the Death of Major Genr Robert Crauford at the head of his division. / THE FORLORN HOPE led by CAPN GURWOOD (being the third time he has Volunteered in such Service) / They are seen ascending the breach by the light of a fireball thrown from the fort. Capn Dobbs is the Officer killed in the foreground’