| Method | Copper engraved with etching |
| Artist | Basire, James |
| Published | For Mr. Tindal's continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England [c. 1735-1745] |
| Dimensions | 375 x 472 mm |
| Notes |
A graphic battle plan of the Belgium city Aeth and the fortifications surrounding it during the Spanish War of Succession. The map is highly detailed, showing topography, troop locations and place names. A key within an ornate rococco cartouche has been included at the top left, providing further information. The map was made by James Basire for Histoire d'Angleterre, ten elaborate volumes written by Paul Rapin de Thoyras (1661-1725) and published between 1724-27. The work was translated and added to by Reverend Nicholas Tindal (1687-1774) in the early eighteenth century. This particular map is from this English edition. James Basire was apprenticed to the engraver Richard William Seale and afterwards travelled to Italy with the artist and engraver Roger Dalton. By the 1760s he had established a successful engraving practice. In 1755 Basire was appointed engraver to the Society of Antiquaries and after that time documentary or pictorial antiquarian engraving formed the majority of his work. Basire is best remembered for his 1770 engraving of the historical painting The Field of the Cloth of Gold (c.1550-80) that depicts the festivities following the meeting of Henry VIII with the French King Francis I in 1520. This was the largest engraving ever made and took Basire over two years to complete. Condition: Vertical centre fold, as issued. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £90.00 |
| Stock ID | 41911 |