View of the Camp in the Isle of Wight

by Augustin Menageot

$350 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A fascinating view, with superb early colour, of the festivities surrounding the encampment on the Isle of Wight. This is a stunning print depicting the festivities surrounding a military encampment on the Isle of Wight in 1741. It represents George II's preparations for the invasion of Europe to participate in the War of the Austrian Succession. George's primary concern was that Hanover would be secure, but he, and England, were ostensibly allied to Maria Theresa, Hapsburg

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