View of Gibraltar, 1783 (Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory) 36°08'41"N 05°21'09"W

William Faden (1 July 1749-21 March 1836) (publisher) [bottom centre, below text:] London: Publish'd by W.^m Faden, Charing Cross, September 1.^st 1785.

John Duncan (active 1785-99) (draughtsman) [at end of dedication:] John Duncan. / Lieut.^t of Artillery.

Thomas Malton the Younger (1748-1804) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] T. Malton fecit.

George Lewis, Lieutenant-Colonel (dedicatee)

Subject(s)

Watermark: Unclear; countermark, indistinct, two words above each other: [?] FIN / [?]

Condition: one fold line. Verso: slight surface dirt

52.4 x 46.2 cm (neatline)

57.4 x 46.2 cm (image)

58.8 x 47.9 cm (platemark)

59.1 x 48.7 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

A Birds Eye VIEW of all the WORKS / carried on against GIBRALTAR during the late Siege, / as taken from the / Royal Battery 1350 feet above the Sea. [bottom right]

Dedication:

[bottom right, below title:] To Lieut. Col. Geo. Lewis of the Roy.l Regiment of Artillery / who Commanded that Corps during the Siege / This View is dedicated / by his most Obliged humble Serv.t / John Duncan / Lieut.t of Artillery.

Additional text:

[below view, a key, 1-40, and A-I, K-N, to the geographical and military features on the view:] REMARKS.

Annotations:

George III heading [black pencil, nineteenth or twentieth-century hand:] Military Gibraltar 1782 Port folio No 3 - G-3.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by backing paper: the old heading]; [centre, black pencil, obscured by backing paper:] 19; [top left, black pencil:] 19; [bottom right, black pencil:] 28; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1782-28.

K. Mil. dummy sheet:

Title [ink:] A Birds Eye View of all the Works carried on against Gibraltar during the late Siege, as taken / from the Royal Battery 1350 feet above the sea: by Lieu.^t John Duncan, engraved by Malton, / published by Faden 1785 / Port-folio N.^o [black pencil:] 3 ... 2 Table / [black pencil, erased, in a modern hand:] UL Naval [written over the erasure, in a modern hand:] Oversize / [black pencil and red ink, George III heading:] Gibraltar 1782; [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] Oversize folder Box XIV. 
Watermark: J WHATMAN / 1811. 
Size: 48.2 x 33.1 cm (sheet).

George III catalogue entry:

Gibraltar A bird’s eye View of all the Works carried on against Gibraltar during the late Siege, 1782: as taken from the Royal Battery 1350 feet above the sea: by Lieut. John Duncan, engraved by Malton, published by Faden, 1785.