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Auction 133, Lot 540
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"Vue de la Montagne de Gibraltar et de la Ligne Espagnole avec Algesiras et du Detroit, come aussi de la Cote de l'Afrique", Probst, Johann Michael

Subject: Gibraltar

Period: 1782 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.8 x 18.8 inches
55.4 x 47.8 cm
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This is a very rare prospect view of Gibraltar. It illustrates the massive fortifications with an extensive key at bottom, in French and German. The bay is filled with a variety of ships including several of the floating batteries which were used in the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

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Condition: B

Trimmed to neatline with some minor soil throughout.

Estimate: $750 - $900

Unsold

Closed on 9/1/2010

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