A view of Gibraltar on the ever memorable 13th of Sept. 1782 : and of Sr. Roger Curtis’s perilous exertions in saving our enemies after their defeat and the destruction of their battering ships [engraving]

A view of Gibraltar on the ever memorable 13th of Sept. 1782 : and of Sr. Roger Curtis’s perilous exertions in saving our enemies after their defeat and the destruction of their battering ships [engraving]

London gazette

[London] Published as the act directs … by F. Moore & Compy, 1783

1 print ; image 70 x 74 cm.

P&E L2013F94ff

"Published as the act directs…by F. Moore & Compy, June 3d, 1783."
Copperplate engraving on paper of a design for a textile handkerchief commemorating the siege.
Center medallion depicts the British naval officers rescuing drowning French sailors whom they had just defeated in battle.
Includes portraits & accounts the battle by Sir George Augustus Eliott and Sir Roger Curtis: "Extract from Genl. Elliott's letter to the Secretary of State published in the London gazette."; "Sr. Rogr. Curtis in his letter to the Lords of the Admiralty published in the London gazette ..."
Library copy backed on linen.
Digitized image available online, see URL.

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