Defeat of the floating batteries before Gibraltar on the night of the 13th of Sept.r 1782 [engraving]

Defeat of the floating batteries before Gibraltar on the night of the 13th of Sept.r 1782 [engraving]

[London] By C. Tomkins ... c. Feb.y 9th, 1785

1 print ; image 26 x 36 cm. on sheet 29 x 38 cm.

P&E L2008F122

Scene from the Franco-Spanish siege of Gibraltar in 1782; this sepia engraving (aquatint with etching) illustrates burning of the floating batteries while in the forefront a British gunboat attacks.
See companion print, "Approach of the floating batteries before Gibranlar on the morning of the 13th of Sept.r 1782 filed as P&E L2008F121.
Digitized image available, see URL.

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