Das im vorig- und jetzigem Jahr von Spanisch- und Französischen Generalen gewaltig bestürmte und durch den Landgrafen von Hessen Darmstadt bisher grossmütig beschirmte Gibraltar 1705 d. 2 Aprilis

Birds-eye view print shows the harbor with many sailing ships and the rock of Gibraltar in the background during the siege in April 1705. In the left foreground stand two men with a larger group of men standing down the hill from them. Below them are troops gathered on the flat land below the castle. Includes inset map of "Die Strasse von Gibraltar" [The strait of Gibraltar] at top right hand corner of the print. Key scenes and landmarks are identified (A-G) in the print.
Title from caption in ribbon at top of print.
Ten lines of verse in German in caption in two columns at bottom of print. Additional caption key in third column at bottom of image.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 182.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 182.
Original album; Purchase; 1950.
Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were housed in blind-tooled morocco album 11 x 17 in. Original binding in P&P Suppl. Archives.