A View of the Port and Entrance of the City and Isle of Malta. Drawn on the Spot. (After Joseph Goupy)
Artist
Antoine Benoist
(1721 - 1770)
Date18th Century
MediumEngraving on paper
DimensionsFramed: 40.9 × 56.4 cm
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Object number1156
DescriptionThis intaglio print (engraving) shows a bird's eye view of the port and city of Malta during the 18th Century. The city and port are represented as having star shaped fortifications and walls. There is little attempt on the part of the artist to render perspective correctly, with sailing ships in the foreground towering up above the walls of Malta.On View
Not on view
