Monday, January 23, 2023

Images of the Great Siege of Gibraltar and its aftermath

Recently, having read a reference to the Great Siege of Gibraltar of 1779-1783, I went to Wikipedia, where I found information, but also several dramatic paintings that depict the siege, such as John Trumbull's "The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar" (1789), which is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Thomas Whitcombe's "Destructionof the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, 14 September 1782" (1782), which is at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. But the picture that moves me most is from the aftermath, not from a battle: "Main Street after the Siege by Captain Davis looking South", from 1793, which is at the Gibraltar National Museum. (Andrew Shields, #111words, 23 January 2023)

 

"Main Street after the Siege by Captain Davis looking South", from 1793, Gibraltar National Museum.





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