Sebastopol: Fort Catherine from the north, looking towards palisades and the sea. Tinted lithograph by Lady A. Blackwood, 1857.

  • Blackwood, Alicia, Lady.
Date:
1857
Reference:
2136657i
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Description

Fort Catherine is shown as a strongly defended fort on the sea front with massive stone walls. In the foreground, wooden palisades, and a cannon pointing out to sea, where sunken vessels are visible

Publication/Creation

[Ventnor, Isle of Wight.] : [publisher not identified] (Bristol : Lavars)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with tint plate, with white heightening ; image 22.3 x 35 cm

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Fort Catherine- Sebastopol. From the north side. Lithog.d from nature by Lady A. B.

References note

J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860, vol. I, London, 1957, pp. 213-214, no. 242.5

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2136657i

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