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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | BHC0343 |
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| 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 |