A Prospect of Carthagena, Taken from Madre de la Popa.

Äußerst seltene Ansicht von Cartagena de Indias

This English copper engraved view of Cartagena in Colombia was drawn by an unidentified J. Norden and engraved by William Henry Toms, an English engraver practised in London during the middle of the 18th century. It shows the city and the Caribbean bay with English and France guards and ships. Below the engraving is a 8 number key as follow:

1 - St. Lazaro
2 - The Demi Lune
3 - Enemies advanced Guard
4 - The English advanced Guard
5 - Bomb Battery
6 - The Galicia firing at the Town
7 - Pastorilio with the Chanel stop'd up with Sunken Boats
8 - French Sloop

We only could locate one copy of this Cartagena view world wide. It can be found in the British National Trust Property Libraries.

Rundum etwa 6mm Rand, oben hinterlegter Papierstreifen von den Bindung, kleiner Einriß im rechten Rand gerade bin ins Bild reichend. Sehr guter Zustand.

W. H. Toms war als englischer Kupferstecher in London tätig. Zu seinen Werken zählen topographische und architektonische Ansichten.