Lieutenant Colonel William Booth (fl.1780-1817)
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Lieutenant Colonel William Booth (fl.1780-1817)

View of La Rocco and part of the Bay of St Ouens, Jersey (illustrated); and View of Arch Hirondelle Tower and Mont Orgueil, Jersey

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Lieutenant Colonel William Booth (fl.1780-1817)
View of La Rocco and part of the Bay of St Ouens, Jersey (illustrated); and View of Arch Hirondelle Tower and Mont Orgueil, Jersey
one signed and inscribed 'View of La Rocco and part of the Bay of St. Ouens, Jersey. Majr W. Booth.' (lower centre, in the margin) and with inscription 'View in the Island of Jersey/By Lt Col: W. Booth/R. Engineer/When on duty there in...' (on a label attached to the backboard), one signed, inscribed and dated 'View of Arch Hirondelle Tower, [and] Mont Orgueille [sic], Jersey, 1799. W Booth' (lower centre, in the margin) and with inscription 'View in the Island of Jer[sey]/By Lt: Col: W. Booth/R. Engr/when on duty there in 1800' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
3 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (8 x 11.7 cm.) (2)
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Lieutenant Colonel William Booth was a Royal Engineer and a pupil of Paul Sandby at Woolwich. He served in Gibraltar in 1780 and at the Tower of London in 1817.