Sujet

Fort and Town of Alessandria, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fort and Town of Alessandria, Sardinia, 1857. 'The plan which is now to be carried out consists of a bastioned body and four detached forts, one situated on the Bormida, a second on the Tanaro, and the other two to the east and south-east of the place. This fortress, with the aid of Casale on one side and Genoa on the other, will enable a body of from 20,000 to 25,000 men to keep a much larger army in check for many months, until the arrival of succour from other quarters'. The town of Alessandria in in Piedmont, Italy, was formerly part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_219

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,1Mo (3,6Mo) / 48,3cm x 27,1cm / 5700 x 3196 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation Europe river Italy building fort town boat boats bridge bridges British geography color defence structure fortress defences fortifications fortification location century Britain newspapers press Piedmont B&W engraved engraving Sardinia Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper landscape Unknown 19th-century Bormida