Image: Gibraltar Relieved By Sir George Rodney

Description: Serres, Dominic; Gibraltar Relieved by Sir George Rodney, 1780; Royal Academy of Arts; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/gibraltar-relieved-by-sir-george-rodney-1780-149192 During the wars of American Independence Gibraltar Gibraltar was under siege of the Spanish, it was relieved by Sir George Rodney in January 1780. On the left towards the centre, there is a group of 13 warships. Several fly British ensigns from their stern. The ship to the right of the group with the tallest mast flying the flag of St George is Rodney's flagship, HMS Sandwich. Some of the ships fly white ensigns with a wheel-type design, probably intended to represent the Spanish ensign of the captured Spanish vessels that Rodney sailed to Gibraltar along with his English vessels. These included the Fenix, the flagship of Admiral Juan de Lángara, soon to be renamed HMS Gibraltar.Waddesdon motes
Title: Gibraltar Relieved By Sir George Rodney
Credit: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/gibraltar-relieved-by-sir-george-rodney-1780 ArtUK
Author: Dominic Serres
Permission: Royal Academy of Arts    Native name Royal Academy of Arts Parent institution Royal Academy Including Burlington House And Galleries And Royal Academy Schools Buildings  Location London Coordinates 51° 30′ 33″ N, 0° 08′ 22″ W   Established 1768  Web page www.royalacademy.org.uk Online catalog Authority control : Q270920 VIAF: 153543255 ISNI: 0000 0004 0424 4782 ULAN: 500115632 LCCN: n80032672 NLA: 36520989 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q270920
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No