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After John Eckstein

Picturesque Views of the Diamond Rock taken on the spot and dedicated to Sir Samuel Hood, K.B., Commodore and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed in the Windward and Leeward Charibee Islands (Abbey, Travel II, 689) including fourteen hand-coloured aquatints by J.C. Stadler, published London, 1805, album
14 x 19in. (35.6 x 48.2cm.) overall

Lot Essay

'A pictorial record commemorating the seizure of the tiny islet known as Diamond Rock, for the purpose of close blockade of the French island of Martinique. The islet was armed with five heavy guns and commissioned as 'sloop of war' (J.R. Abbey, loc. cit.)

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