Description
Gibraltar.- "Destruction of the Spanish Battering Ships destroyed the 13th Sept. 1782"; "On the Spanish Floating Batteries Destroyed at Gibralt, 13th & 14th September 1782/ wrote by Wm. Adair Soldier 58th", original watercolour and manuscript poem, watercolour showing 2 battery ships with 2 men on one, pen and ink sketch on verso of cross section of the vessel, 198 x 187mm., manuscript poem, 3pp., laid down on card, slightly browned, 226 x 187mm., 1782 (2).
⁂ Spanish battery ships destroyed by Admiral Richard Howe while relieving Gibraltar, under blockade by Spanish ships since April 1781.
Lot 154
Gibraltar.- Destruction of Spanish Battery Ships, original watercolour and manuscript poem, watercolour 198 x 187mm., manuscript 226 x 187mm., (2).
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Gibraltar.- "Destruction of the Spanish Battering Ships destroyed the 13th Sept. 1782"; "On the Spanish Floating Batteries Destroyed at Gibralt, 13th & 14th September 1782/ wrote by Wm. Adair Soldier 58th", original watercolour and manuscript poem, watercolour showing 2 battery ships with 2 men on one, pen and ink sketch on verso of cross section of the vessel, 198 x 187mm., manuscript poem, 3pp., laid down on card, slightly browned, 226 x 187mm., 1782 (2).
⁂ Spanish battery ships destroyed by Admiral Richard Howe while relieving Gibraltar, under blockade by Spanish ships since April 1781.