Dessiné par Carle Vernet. Terminé par Niquet et Pillement.
[n.d., c.1806.]
Engraving with handcolour. Plate: 390 x 295mm (15¼ x 11½"). Spotting in sky.
A military scene showing the reconquering of Corsica by the French on 19th October 1796. Following the execution of Louis XVI Pasquale Paoli, leader of Corsica, requested protection from Britain. Seeing the chance to have a naval base in the Mediterranean, a British naval fleet, under the command of Admiral Samuel Hood, set sail in 1794. However, with Spain joining the French in 1795, Britain started to reduce the number of soldiers on the island and by October all troops had been removed leaving the island unguarded and open to French attack. From Carle Vernet's 'Tableaux Historiques des Campagnes D'Italie...' 1806.
[Ref: 41493] £120.00
[n.d., c.1806.]
Engraving with handcolour. Plate: 390 x 295mm (15¼ x 11½"). Spotting in sky.
A military scene showing the reconquering of Corsica by the French on 19th October 1796. Following the execution of Louis XVI Pasquale Paoli, leader of Corsica, requested protection from Britain. Seeing the chance to have a naval base in the Mediterranean, a British naval fleet, under the command of Admiral Samuel Hood, set sail in 1794. However, with Spain joining the French in 1795, Britain started to reduce the number of soldiers on the island and by October all troops had been removed leaving the island unguarded and open to French attack. From Carle Vernet's 'Tableaux Historiques des Campagnes D'Italie...' 1806.
[Ref: 41493] £120.00