Edward Fanshawe lithographs, 1821-1828

Summary

Creator:

Fanshawe, Edward, 1785-1858

Abstract:

The Edward Fanshawe lithographs are a collection of lithographs with one original sketch by Lieutenant General Edward Fanshawe, created during his service with the Corps of Royal Engineers (1801-1850). This collection contains 41 highly-detailed images depicting topography, fortifications and settlements in the West Indies, United States and Canada.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Elizabeth Garrett, March 2012. Finding aid revised and updated by Louis Miller, 2017

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection is housed in a 41 page album half bound, grey-green with gilt trim on spine and front cover. In correspondence with Edward Fanshawe’s service with the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1821 to 1828, the contents of this collection are 41 landscape vistas of various islands and fortresses in the Caribbean as well as several views of locations in the United States and Canada. The first image in the album is a pen and ink drawing of Saint Lucia viewed from Morne Fortune with penciled notes in the lower margin, the rest of the views are lithographs, some of which (pages 11, 16, and 29) contain penciled notes. Page 15 contains the lithograph version of the pen and ink drawing of Saint Lucia from Morne Fortune.

Biographical / Historical:

Lieutenant General Edward Fanshawe (1785-1858) served in the British military as a member of the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1801 to 1850. Fanshawe spent time in England before traveling to the West Indies in 1821. He performed a variety of special services in the West Indies before being sent to Bermuda to report on defenses there. From 1827-1828, Fanshawe traveled to the United States and Canada. From 1830-1850, he held the position of First Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications before resigning from service.

Acquisition Information:

1991. P-1505.1 .

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Related Materials

Variant copies located at Cambridge University and Libraries and Archives Canada.

Bibliography

Committee of Royal Engineers (ed.). (1852). Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volume 9. London, England: John Weale.

Howard, Joseph J. (1908). Visitation of England and Wales. Privately Printed.

Porter, Whitworth. (1889). History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volume 2. London, England: Longman’s, Green, and Co.

Skempton, Professor Sir Alec (ed.). (2002). Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers, Volume 1 -- 1500 to 1830. London, England: Thomas Telford Publishing.

Subjects

Click on terms below to find any related finding aids on this site.

Subjects:

Prints shelf.
Fortification.
Military architecture.
Military engineering.

Formats:

cultural landscapes.
drawing (visual works)
lithography.
natural landscapes.
topography (attribute)
topography (image-making)

Names:

Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers.
Fanshawe, Edward (1785-1858)

Places:

Antigua--History--Pictorial works.
Berbice--History--Pictorial works.
Bermuda Islands--History--Pictorial works.
Dominica--History--Pictorial works.
Grenada--History--Pictorial works.
Jamaica--History--Pictorial works.
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--History--Pictorial works.
Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--History--Pictorial works.
Ottawa (Ont.)--History--Pictorial works.
Québec (Province)--History--Pictorial works.
Saint Kitts--History--Pictorial works.
Saint Lucia--History--Pictorial works.
Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands : Island)--History--Pictorial works.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--History--Pictorial works.
San Salvador Island (Bahamas)--History--Pictoral works.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.
Trinidad and Tobago--History--Pictorial works.