Image of View of Badajos as approached from Albuquerque and Elvas, with

View of Badajos as approached from Albuquerque and Elvas, with the Citadel, Stormed by the...

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Image title: View of Badajos as approached from Albuquerque and Elvas, with the Citadel, Stormed by the Marquis of Wellington in the Campaign of 1812. View of Badajoz from the right bank of the Guadiana River, with three British cavalry soldiers resting in the foreground by a road leading to the bridgehead and to Las Palmas bridge, with Las Palmas gate on the other side, Alcazaba on top of a hill on the left and town on the right.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Badajos, on the Guadiana, as approached from Albuquerque and Elvas, to Field Marshal, the most noble the Marquis of Wellington, K.G.K.B.&c.&c.&c. This View of Badajos, comprehending the Citadel, the Moorish Castle stormed and carried by his Lordship in the Campaign of 1812; the Arsenal, &c.&c. Is (with permission) respectfully Inscribed, by his Lordship's very obedient humble Servant, Robert Daubeny King, Late Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers. / Henry Smith Esq.r del.t; Merke sculp.t. Author: Merke, Henri / Illustrator: Smith, Henry London: Sold Aug.t 1. 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond St. corner of Brook Str.t. Source/Shelfmark: Maps K.Top.73.40.c 1 print: hand-coloured aquatint and etching; platemark 49.7 x 66.8 cm, on sheet 52 x 69.5 cm.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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