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Fighting Before Gibraltar

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Fighting Before Gibraltar
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Status
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Date1784
After (English, 1717 - 1791)
Engraver (English, 1758 - 1835)
Publisher (English, 1719 - 1804)
Geography Published - England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; engraving.
DimensionsOverall: 20 in. x 26 1/8 in. (50.8 cm x 66.34 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1936
Object numberM-93/U
DescriptionThis print is an image of a naval battle at Gibraltar.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "Richard Paton Pinxit". Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "James Fittler Sculpsit". Printed in ink below the image, centered: "John Boydell exudit 1784 / To Genl. Sir Geo. Elliot, Lieut. Genl. Boyd, Genl. Lamotte, Major Genl. Greene, Sir Roger Curtis, the Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors / The Representation of the brave & gallant defense of Gilbralter against the United force of Spain and France on the 14th Sept. 1782 for which important service / done their Country they received the thanks of both houses of Parliament. / Richard Paton".
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