Plan of Porto Bello
possibly Philip Durell (1707 - 1766)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1740
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
585 x 749 mm
Place of origin
St. Martins Lane
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 652607
Summary
Engraved plan of Porto Bello (1740) published and sold by the Proprietors S. Harding on the Pavement in St. Martins Lane, and W.H.Toms Engraver in Union Court near Hatton Garden, Holburn. Edward Vernon Vice-Admiral took Porto Bello 22 November 1739. In an oak frame.
Provenance
Left to the National Trust under the terms of the will of John Lawrance Venables Vernon 10th Lord Vernon August 2000.
Makers and roles
possibly Philip Durell (1707 - 1766), surveyor Sylvester Harding (Newcastle-under-Lyme 1745 - London 1809)., engraver and publisher William Henry Toms (b. London 1712 - London c.1750) , engraver (printmaker)