View General of the City of Havana of Amerique. Vue Generale de la Ville de Havanne en Amerique.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Daumont, rue St. Martin, Paris.

• MEDIUM: Copper engraving, hand colored,

  DATE: c. 1755.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 10 1/8 x 14 1/4" (258 x 360 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: A dramatic "vue d'optique" of Havana's great capital city. Looking shoreward from the sea, this view depicts the city with Morro Castle and many church spires. Various kinds of sea vessels fill the foreground, which is dominated by a large Spanish galleon. As is typical for vue d'optiques, the title appears in reverse above the image.

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• CONDITION: Good condition with original color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Central - South America, and the West Indies , Cuba