Caption

Great Siege of Gibraltar on engraving from the 1800s. An unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. Engaved by J.C.Armytage after a picture by J.S.Copley

Date

Apr 26, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Georgios Kollidas

Reference

BRK24F17_101

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

26,7Mb (2,4Mb) / 12,4in x 8,4in / 3706 x 2520 (300dpi)

Keywords

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