Lot 13: Lieutenant Colonel William Booth (fl.1780-1817)

View of La Rocco and part of the Bay of St Ouens, Jersey (illustrated); and View of Arch Hirondelle Tower and Mont Orgueil, Jersey
one signed and inscribed 'View of La Rocco and part of the Bay of S t. Ouens, Jersey. Maj r W. Booth.' (lower centre, in the margin) and with inscription 'View in the Island of Jersey/By Lt Col: W. Booth/R. Engineer/When on duty there in...' (on a label attached to the backboard), one signed, inscribed and dated 'View of Arch Hirondelle Tower, [and] Mont Orgueille [sic], Jersey, 1799. W Booth' (lower centre, in the margin) and with inscription 'View in the Island of Jer[sey]/By L t: Col: W. Booth/R. Eng r/when on duty there in 1800' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
3 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (8 x 11.7 cm.) (2)

Lieutenant Colonel William Booth was a Royal Engineer and a pupil of Paul Sandby at Woolwich. He served in Gibraltar in 1780 and at the Tower of London in 1817.

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