Description
This print shows the plan of the attack of Ciudad Rodrico, a small city in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain. It was during one of the Napoleonic wars. The siege of Ciudad Rodrigo was the successful investment of the French-occupied city of Ciudad Rodrigo by Lord Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese Army from 7-20 January 1812. Wellington’s army, which numbered up to 40,000 men, faced a small French garrison of 1,800 troops under the command of Jean Leonard Barrie. Strategically, the fall of the city opened the northern gateway into French-occupied Spain from Portugal.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving with hand colouring on Wove paper. Watermark: J Whatman.
Sheet size: 24.5 x 35.7 cm (9.65 x 14.06 inch). Image size: 21 x 29.5 cm. (8.27 x 11.61 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. Brown paper. Wormholes. Tears restored in left margin and upper left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
CIUDAD RODRICO-SPAIN-NAPOLEONIC WARS-WELLINGTON-FRENCH-ENGLISH SIEGE-TROOPS-PORTUGAL | RBOS-A9-37
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published by T.Cadell & W. Davies in London, 1813.
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