View of the road leading through the Taurau woods at Dominica,...

Method Etching
Artist
Published
Dimensions Image 118 x 178 mm, Plate 195 x 251 mm, Sheet 299 x 418 mm
Notes A scarce etching on India laid paper of Dominica with an accompanying description charting the accident which befell Lt. Col. Moore.
Full title reads:' View of the road leading through the Taurau woods at Dominica, where on the night of the 15th. June 1848 Lt Col. Moore 54th REgt. on returning from the Layou River to Morne Bruce fell down a perpendicular precipce of 237 feet his horse killed on the sot and himself miraculously saved without having sustained any lasting injury.'

Condition: Foxing, some creasing and staining in the margins not affecting the image
Framing unmounted
Price £80.00
Stock ID 40322

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