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View of the Snuff Mills near the Havana on the River Chorara.
Drawn after nature by the Hon.ble William Harcourt. 1762. Etched by Newnham 1763.
Printed on coloured paper, cut to image with a conservation backing.
William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743-1830) was a Field-Marshal and M.P. for Oxford. He was a British commander during the American War of Independence, and aide-de-camp to Lord Albermarle in Havana in 1762 during the Seven Years' War. While in Havana he sketched this view of what is now the Almendares River, a 45 km river in the western part of Cuba. It was one of the first settlements in Cuba and source of Havana's water supply. Etched by George Simon, [Viscount Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt, [1736 - 1809] politician, statesman and gifted amateur.
BM: 1861,1012.2505.
[Ref: 45844] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn after nature by the Hon.ble William Harcourt. 1762. Etched by Newnham 1763.
Printed on coloured paper, cut to image with a conservation backing.
William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743-1830) was a Field-Marshal and M.P. for Oxford. He was a British commander during the American War of Independence, and aide-de-camp to Lord Albermarle in Havana in 1762 during the Seven Years' War. While in Havana he sketched this view of what is now the Almendares River, a 45 km river in the western part of Cuba. It was one of the first settlements in Cuba and source of Havana's water supply. Etched by George Simon, [Viscount Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt, [1736 - 1809] politician, statesman and gifted amateur.
BM: 1861,1012.2505.
[Ref: 45844] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon'ble Wm. Harcourt.
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
Etching printed on brown paper. 365 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, left corner repaired in margin.
Morro Castle Spanish: Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro) is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian engineer, was commissioned to design the structure. When it was built in 1589, Cuba was under the control of Spain. The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762. Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, GCB [1743 - 1830] was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the younger son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt. As a young man he took "an ensigncy" in the First Foot Guards Light Dragoons, in October 1759. The regiment had been raised at his father's expense and was known as Harcourt's Black. In 1760 Harcourt was sent to Mecklenburg-Strelitz to escort to England the consort-elect of George III and he was appointed to a post in the Royal Household. He was aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762. Brother of George Simon, [Viscouint Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt.
[Ref: 45845] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
Etching printed on brown paper. 365 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, left corner repaired in margin.
Morro Castle Spanish: Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro) is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian engineer, was commissioned to design the structure. When it was built in 1589, Cuba was under the control of Spain. The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762. Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, GCB [1743 - 1830] was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the younger son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt. As a young man he took "an ensigncy" in the First Foot Guards Light Dragoons, in October 1759. The regiment had been raised at his father's expense and was known as Harcourt's Black. In 1760 Harcourt was sent to Mecklenburg-Strelitz to escort to England the consort-elect of George III and he was appointed to a post in the Royal Household. He was aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762. Brother of George Simon, [Viscouint Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt.
[Ref: 45845] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon.ble W.m Harcourt.
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
[Printed c.1818.]
Morro Castle, guarding the entrance to Havana Bay, Cuba. It was drawn by William Harcourt [1743-1830] while aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762, during the Seven Years War, and etched by his older brother George Simon Harcourt (1736-1809), Viscount Nuneham. Both had been taught drawing by Paul Sandby. George went on to be MP for St Albans before taking the title 2nd Earl Harcourt; William stayed in the army, becoming a commander in the American War of Independence, succeeding his brother as 3rd Earl Harcourt.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31347] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
[Printed c.1818.]
Morro Castle, guarding the entrance to Havana Bay, Cuba. It was drawn by William Harcourt [1743-1830] while aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762, during the Seven Years War, and etched by his older brother George Simon Harcourt (1736-1809), Viscount Nuneham. Both had been taught drawing by Paul Sandby. George went on to be MP for St Albans before taking the title 2nd Earl Harcourt; William stayed in the army, becoming a commander in the American War of Independence, succeeding his brother as 3rd Earl Harcourt.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31347] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon'ble Wm. Harcourt.
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
Uncut.
A view of Morro Castle, a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Cuba. Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian engineer, was commissioned to design the structure. When it was built in 1589, Cuba was under the control of Spain. The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762. Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743 - 1830) was an English nobleman and soldier.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40040] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
Uncut.
A view of Morro Castle, a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Cuba. Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian engineer, was commissioned to design the structure. When it was built in 1589, Cuba was under the control of Spain. The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762. Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743 - 1830) was an English nobleman and soldier.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40040] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Snuff Mills near the Havana on the River Chorara.
Drawn after nature by the Hon.ble William Harcourt. 1762. Etched by Newnham 1763.
[Watermarked 'Turkey Mills J Whatman 1818'.]
A rural view near Havana, Cuba, drawn by William Harcourt [1743-1830] while aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762, during the Seven Years War, and etched by his older brother George Simon Harcourt (1736-1809), Viscount Nuneham. Both had been taught drawing by Paul Sandby. George went on to be MP for St Albans before taking the title 2nd Earl Harcourt; William stayed in the army, becoming a commander in the American War of Independence, succeeding his brother as 3rd Earl Harcourt.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31349] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn after nature by the Hon.ble William Harcourt. 1762. Etched by Newnham 1763.
[Watermarked 'Turkey Mills J Whatman 1818'.]
A rural view near Havana, Cuba, drawn by William Harcourt [1743-1830] while aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762, during the Seven Years War, and etched by his older brother George Simon Harcourt (1736-1809), Viscount Nuneham. Both had been taught drawing by Paul Sandby. George went on to be MP for St Albans before taking the title 2nd Earl Harcourt; William stayed in the army, becoming a commander in the American War of Independence, succeeding his brother as 3rd Earl Harcourt.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31349] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Landscape]. To William Whitehead Esqr,, P.L. This Etching from Francesco Millet is Inscribed. By his Obliged & affectionate Servant Newnham 1762'.](jpegs/9935.jpg)
[Landscape]. To William Whitehead Esqr,, P.L. This Etching from Francesco Millet is Inscribed. By his Obliged & affectionate Servant Newnham 1762'.
Etching 554 x 418mm. Trimmed to plate.
Landscape after Millet; a couple on a path in the right foreground, one carrying a bundle on her head, asking directions of a woman who stands in front, her har on the ground beside her, pointing to right and looking over her shoulder to inquire of a man sitting at the side of the road, with a small castle on hilly, wooded banks, on the far side of a river in the background to right, rocks to left and trees to either side in the foreground. 1762. George Simon, [Viscouint Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt, [1736 - 1809] politician, statesman and gifted amateur and friend of Sandby. Viscouint Nuneham went of the grand tour in 1755 and prior to leaving had had lessons in drawing from both, Knapton and Cozens. Sandby was a frequent visitor to Nuneham Courtney and the drawings and etchings of Sandby and Nuneham give insight to what was a long and enduring friendship. On his return from Italy Nuneham became MP for St. Albans 1761-8, Master of the Horse for Queen Charlotte 1790. Married 26 September 1765 his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of George, 1st Lord Vernon and Martha his wife (sister of 1st Earl Harcout). Also known by Newnham & Nuneham as shown in the way the etchings are signed.
[Ref: 9935] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Etching 554 x 418mm. Trimmed to plate.
Landscape after Millet; a couple on a path in the right foreground, one carrying a bundle on her head, asking directions of a woman who stands in front, her har on the ground beside her, pointing to right and looking over her shoulder to inquire of a man sitting at the side of the road, with a small castle on hilly, wooded banks, on the far side of a river in the background to right, rocks to left and trees to either side in the foreground. 1762. George Simon, [Viscouint Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt, [1736 - 1809] politician, statesman and gifted amateur and friend of Sandby. Viscouint Nuneham went of the grand tour in 1755 and prior to leaving had had lessons in drawing from both, Knapton and Cozens. Sandby was a frequent visitor to Nuneham Courtney and the drawings and etchings of Sandby and Nuneham give insight to what was a long and enduring friendship. On his return from Italy Nuneham became MP for St. Albans 1761-8, Master of the Horse for Queen Charlotte 1790. Married 26 September 1765 his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of George, 1st Lord Vernon and Martha his wife (sister of 1st Earl Harcout). Also known by Newnham & Nuneham as shown in the way the etchings are signed.
[Ref: 9935] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Landscape [tree and cottage].](jpegs/9919.jpg)
Landscape [tree and cottage].
Lettered under image at left with production detail Nuneham after P Sandby 1764.
Etching. 199 x 257mm. Trimmed to plate and laid on old album paper.
Landscape. 1764. George Simon, [Viscouint Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt, [1736 - 1809] politician, statesman and gifted amateur and friend of Sandby. Viscouint Nuneham went of the grand tour in 1755 and prior to leaving had had lessons in drawing from both, Knapton and Cozens. Sandby was a frequent visitor to Nuneham Courtney and the drawings and etchings of Sandby and Nuneham give insight to what was a long and enduring friendship. On his return from Italy Nuneham became MP for St. Albans 1761-8, Master of the Horse for Queen Charlotte 1790. Married 26 September 1765 his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of George, 1st Lord Vernon and Martha his wife (sister of 1st Earl Harcout). Also known by Newnham & Nuneham as shown in the way the etchings are signed.
[Ref: 9919] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Lettered under image at left with production detail Nuneham after P Sandby 1764.
Etching. 199 x 257mm. Trimmed to plate and laid on old album paper.
Landscape. 1764. George Simon, [Viscouint Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt, [1736 - 1809] politician, statesman and gifted amateur and friend of Sandby. Viscouint Nuneham went of the grand tour in 1755 and prior to leaving had had lessons in drawing from both, Knapton and Cozens. Sandby was a frequent visitor to Nuneham Courtney and the drawings and etchings of Sandby and Nuneham give insight to what was a long and enduring friendship. On his return from Italy Nuneham became MP for St. Albans 1761-8, Master of the Horse for Queen Charlotte 1790. Married 26 September 1765 his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of George, 1st Lord Vernon and Martha his wife (sister of 1st Earl Harcout). Also known by Newnham & Nuneham as shown in the way the etchings are signed.
[Ref: 9919] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)