The Relief of Gibraltar, 29 August 1704

The oil painting by an unknown British artist executed in a Dutch 17th-century style shows the magnified relief of Gibraltar and its fortifications silhouetted against a clouded Mediterranean sky. In the foreground appears the stylized scene from the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-14, during which an Anglo-Dutch fleet captured the fortress of Gibraltar on 30 April 1704.

Object Details

ID: BHC0343
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: British School, 18th century
Events: War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Gibraltar, 1704
Date made: Early 18th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Painting: 730 mm x 1468 mm x 22 mm
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