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1832 Engraving By W. J. Huggins #1254021

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1832 Engraving By W. J. Huggins #1254021
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This engraving is of the painting by W. J. Huggins of the English owned island St. Helena, and was engraved by E. Duncan. It is inscribed, "To His Most Gracious Majesty, King William the 4th, this plate representing a view of the Island St. Helena, from a painting in His Majesty's possession. Extreme length 10 1/2 miles, breadth 6 3/4 miles, circumfrence 28 miles, contains 30,000 acres, distance from nearest land 400 leagues, is with His Majesty's permission, most respectfully inscribed by his dutiful and loyal subject and servant, W. J. Huggins, marine painter to His Majesty" It is dated April 20, 1832 and was published in London. This British owned island's only real claim to fame is that it was the place of final banishment for the French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. This painting shows a very mountainous landscape, with only a small border of low land. A modest sized port city is in the center foreground. Four clipper ships are at anchor in the port and four more a approaching from various directions. In the middle of the inscription there is a small diagram rendering of the island which has numbers on various points. The legends telling the names of the places these numbers represent are in the outside corners of the bottom border. The framing is modern and professional. The paper shows foxing consistant with age and there are two water marks on the right border. The sale of the piece will benefit our local Hospice. They are a dealer here in our mall and bring ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1832</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:W. J. Huggins/E. Duncan</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:17.25</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:33.25</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:1832 Engraving By W. J. Huggins</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Belleview, Florida</td></tr>
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