C1813

View of Port Napoleon. Isle of France.

$A 325

S/N: CSOTE-AF-001–530602
(DRW 08)
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Full Title:

View of Port Napoleon. Isle of France.

Date:

C1813

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size: 

236mm 
x 152mm

Paper Size: 

263mm 
x 198mm
AUTHENTICITY
View of Port Napoleon. Isle of France. - Antique View from 1813

Genuine antique
dated:

1813

Description:

Rare, early c.19th hand coloured engraved view Port Louis, Mauritius when it was called Port Napolean.

The engraving is from the very rare set of twenty six views by George Cooke.

From: Cooke, G.  Scenery of the East India Islands, etc. A Series of Views of the most Remarkable Localities, celebrated for Picturesque Beauty or Historical and Other Associations. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne.

George Cooke (1781 - 1834)

English born engraver Cooke was born in London in 1781 and apprenticed to James Basire (1730-1802). Between 1817 and 1833 he produced, in connection with the nurseryman Conrad Loddiges of Hackney, London a large portion of the plates for, The Botanical Cabinet.

View other items by George Cooke

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