Plan of the City and Castle of Alicante - Engraving by Basire - 1745
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Antique engraving with the plan of the city and castle of Alicante, besieged by the Chevalier d'Asfeldt on 30 November 1708 and surrendered by capitulation on 19 April 1709, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It shows the siege lines, the market gardens, the castle of Santa Barbara and the fleet at anchor in the roadstead, with an explanatory key at the right.
Antique engraving with the plan of the city and castle of Alicante, besieged by the Chevalier d'Asfeldt on 30 November 1708 and surrendered by capitulation on 19 April 1709, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It shows the siege lines, the market gardens, the castle of Santa Barbara and the fleet at anchor in the roadstead, with an explanatory key at the right.
Engraved by Basire for Tindal's continuation of Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, published in London by Knapton. It is one of the most detailed plans of the siege, with the mine that blew up part of the castle marked in the key.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver: Isaac Basire
Date: About 1745
Source: Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England, London
Dimensions: Plate mark 15.0 x 19.3 in (38 x 49 cm)
Condition: Good. A small old repair in the left margin, outside the image, visible in the second photograph.
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Antique engraving with the plan of the city and castle of Alicante, besieged by the Chevalier d'Asfeldt on 30 November 1708 and surrendered by capitulation on 19 April 1709, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It shows the siege lines, the market gardens, the castle of Santa Barbara and the fleet at anchor in the roadstead, with an explanatory key at the right.