Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Lindsay, George Topp, 1792-1844
Title:
Island of Mauritius.
Published / Created:
[Great Britain?] : [Publisher not identified], [1814?].
Physical Description:
[4] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, 49 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2022 28
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from page [1].

Publishing date from Abbey. Printed on page [4]: "Port Louis, January 2nd, 1811."

Plates engraved by T. Sutherland, after George Topp Lindsay.

Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 294

BAC Folio A 2022 28: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. In contemporary brown wrappers.
Contents:
Plate [1]. View of Port Louis, in the island of Mauritius ... -- Plate [2]. View of the embarkation of the Earl of Moira, on board the Sterling Caste of Cooper's Island, Port Louis, under a salute from the battery, Augt. 20th 1813 ...
Subject Terms:
Port Louis (Mauritius) -- Pictorial works. | Mauritius -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints. | Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785–approximately 1825, engraver.