Lot 255

Napoleonic Wars
Set of original watercolours mainly of Kent coastal defences, 1806-7






Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 253 to 285
Description
12 in total (numbered 1-9 and 11-13), 15 x 23.6cm, each captioned, dated and signed by one William Latham, 5 captioned as identifying batteries, a lighthouse and a redoubt all at Dungeness, 2 more depicting ‘No. 3 battery' presumably in the same area, the others comprising a ‘Rough sketch of part of the Boulogne blockading squadron at anchor in the East Bay of Dungeness', ‘Sketches of the Pyrotechnic Arrows’ (this unsigned), Pevensey Bay, Hastings Castle, and the road between Winchelsea and Rye, somewhat marked, each with three stab-holes along top edge





