Author: ANON
Title: Perspective View of Gibraltar with the the Disposition of the Spanish Attack, and Relief of the Garrison by the English Fleet under the command of Admiral Darby, 12 April 1781. AQUATINT COLOURED BY HAND
Description: European Magazine,, 1782. Engraved aquatint measuring approx. 6.75 x 9.00 ins (17.25 x 22.75 cms), tastefully coloured in wash by hand, in mulberry bevel-cut mount, some very light age-marking, a bright, clean copy. This engraving was prepared by Lodge, published on 1 October 1782 by J. Fielding of Paternoster Row, J. Sewell of Cornhill and J. Debrett of Piccadilly, and issued with the September 1782 number of the 'European Magazine'. It depicts the Rock from the Spanish town of La Linea with the Spanish troops encamped and deployed in the foreground. The English fleet appears in the middle distance with Gibraltar and its fortifications in the backgound. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Keywords: military, to 1914, gibraltar, spain, la linea, royal navy, sieges


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