View of Gibraltar, 1780 (Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory) 36°08'00"N 05°21'00"W

Robert Pollard (c. 1755/6-1839) (engraver and publisher) [bottom centre, below text:] Painted by D. Serres Esq.^r R.A. Marine Painter to his Majesty, and Engraved by R. Pollard. LONDON, Published the 1.^st of June 1782. by R. Wilkinson N.^o 58, Cornhill, and R. Pollard Braynes Row Spa Fields.

After Dominic Serres the Elder (1722-93) (artist)

Robert Wilkinson (active 1779-1816) (publisher)

Subject(s)

Watermark: Dovecote; countermark indistinct: two names in a cartouche

Condition: one fold line; paper backing brought round edges of recto

43.0 x 58.6 cm (neatline)

46.8 x 58.6 cm (image)

48.5 x 61.6 cm (platemark)

48.9 x 62.1 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

A View of GIBRALTAR, with Sir George Brydges Rodney coming to its Relief, & bringing with him Five Men of War Part of Don Juan de Langara’s Fleet, Captured off S.^t Vincent in his way to that Garrison, on the 16.^th of January 1780. [bottom, below view, to each side of the coat of arms of Prince William Henry]

Dedication:

[bottom, between title and imprint:] To His Royal Highness Prince William Henry, KNIGHT of the MOST NOBLE ORDER of the GARTER, This Plate, Representing a Scene the Result of an Action so advantageous / and honorable to his Country, and in which Signal Service his Royal Highness Sustained so glorious a Share, is, by Permission, most humbly and respectfully Dedicated, by / His Royal Highness's most Dutiful, and Obedient Servants, ROBERT WILKINSON and ROBERT POLLARD.

Annotations:

George III heading [black pencil:] Military Gibraltar 16 [the ‘6’ has been changed from a ‘7’] Jan 1780 Port folio No 3.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 81.e; [bottom left, black pencil, in a modern hand:] 16 Jan 1780; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1780-5; [top right, black pencil:] 5; [left of centre, obscured by paper backing, black pencil:] 4.

K. Mil. dummy sheet:

Title [ink:] A View of Gibraltar, with Sir G. B. Rodney coming to its relief, and bringing with him five / Men of War, part of Don Juan de Langara's Fleet, captured off S.^t Vincent on the 16.^th Jan.^y 1780: / by D. Serres, engraved by Pollard 1782 / Port-folio N [black pencil:] 3 ... 2 Table / [in a modern hand, crossed out in black pencil:] U.L. Naval / [George III heading, red ink:] Gibraltar 17 Jan. 1780; [black pencil, erased, partly legible:] Oversize folder XIV. 
Watermark: J Whatman 1811. 
Size: 48.1 x 33.2 cm (sheet).

George III catalogue entry:

Gibraltar A View of Gibraltar with Sir G. B. Rodney coming to its relief, 17.^th Jan.^y 1780, and bringing with him five Men of War, part of Don Juan de Langara's Fleet captured off S.^t Vincent on the 16.^th Jan.^y 1780: by D. Serres, engraved by Pollard 1782.

Bibliographic reference(s)

H. Parker, Naval battles from the collection of prints formed and owned by Commander Sir Charles Leopold Cust. With an introduction by C.N. Robinson, 2 vols., London 1911, no.81e