print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1871,1209.5354
- Title
- Object: The taking of Gibraltar
- Description
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The Anglo-Dutch fleet under Sir George Rooke with sails bowed to the right and others furled and set at an angle, many with oars out, drawn up in front of Gibraltar, with boats in flames nearer the rock; in a rectangular frame with arms and a female allegorical figure flanked by horses above and palms and garlands surrounding a plaque below; illustration.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1744 (circa?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 245 millimetres
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Width: 170 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of a group of illustrations to a book entitled 'Life and Reign of Queen Anne', as can be ascertained from the traces of letter-press on the verso of the sheets. One possible candidate is 'An Impartial History of the Life and Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne ... Adorn'd with ... cuts', published by R. Offley in 1744, 4to.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
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Associated Event: War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
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Associated Event: Capture of Gibraltar 4 August 1704
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Life and Reign of Queen Anne
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,1209.5354