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VIEW OF ACRE & H.M. SHIP LE TIGRE
After Francis B. Spilsbury and Daniel Orme, engraved by Edward Orme and printed by Joseph Jeakes, published 1819
Hand-coloured aquatint
pl. 12 x 15¾in. (30.5 x 40cm.)
Spilsbury was the surgeon aboard H.M.S. Tigre during the campaigns of 1799 and 1800 where they defended Acre against Napoleon's siege.
general fading to colours used, few spills to bottom centre
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