Sujet

Carthagena Harbour and Escombrera Bay, with the Squadron assembled there, 1873. Creator: Unknown.

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Carthagena Harbour and Escombrera Bay, with the Squadron assembled there, 1873. Left to right: 'Carthagena Harbour; H.M.S. Helicon; Two Italian Frigates; H.M.S. Swiftsure; Fort St. Julian; H.M.S. Triumph;Captured Spanish Ship Vittoria; U.S. Sloop Wachusetts; Captured Spanish Ship Almanzor; U.S. Frigate Wabash; H.M.S. Lord Warden; Italian Frigate Venezia; H.M.S. Torch; Merchant Vessels; Escombrera Lighthouse. We give an Illustration of the naval battle on the 11th August, in Escombrera Bay, outside the harbour of Carthagena, fought by the ironclad squadron in the possession of the Intransigentes, or Red Republican faction, who have revolted in that city of Murcia, against the squadron belonging to the Spanish Republican Government of Madrid. The sketch is by Dr. Fleetwood Buckle, M.D., surgeon, R.N., of H.M.S. Invincible'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A13_206

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Droits gérés

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22,4Mo (2,2Mo) / 31,2cm x 18,0cm / 3690 x 2124 (300dpi)

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