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The watercolour follows William Bennett’s aquatint published in Bouchette’s A Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada… , London, 1815, facing p.330.
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Attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, N. America. May 6th 1814, Noon., and Storming Fort Oswego by Second Battalion Royal Marines and a party of Seaman; 15m past Twelve at Noon., by R. Havell
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After Lieutenant J. Hewitt
Attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, N. America. May 6th 1814, Noon., and Storming Fort Oswego by Second Battalion Royal Marines and a party of Seaman; 15m past Twelve at Noon., by R. Havell
handcoloured aquatints, published London, 1815
17 ½ x 21 ¾in. (44.4 x 55.3cm.)
(5)together with two handcoloured aquatints of the same subjects after Captain Steele, published by R. Havell & Son, London [1817] and a watercolour of ‘Fort Chambley & Part of The Great Camp 1814’ after Joseph Bouchette
Attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, N. America. May 6th 1814, Noon., and Storming Fort Oswego by Second Battalion Royal Marines and a party of Seaman; 15m past Twelve at Noon., by R. Havell
handcoloured aquatints, published London, 1815
17 ½ x 21 ¾in. (44.4 x 55.3cm.)
(5)together with two handcoloured aquatints of the same subjects after Captain Steele, published by R. Havell & Son, London [1817] and a watercolour of ‘Fort Chambley & Part of The Great Camp 1814’ after Joseph Bouchette
Literature
Spendlove, p.84 (‘One of the most popular British subjects of the War of 1812 was the capture of Fort Oswego. This American post on Lake Ontario was captured on May 6th, 1814, by a British force commanded by General Drummond and Sir James Yeo. The most famous prints made of the action are a pair published by R. Havell & Son in 1817 from drawings by Capt. Steele. …’).
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