Lot 1141: W. Sharp (1749-1824) after John Trumbull (1756-1843) Fine American and European Furniture, Silver, Folk and Decorative Arts and Clocks

The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibralter in the Morning of the 27 of Nov. 1781, 1798 Colored engraving Published by John Trumbull, W. Sharp and A.C. de Poggi, London 19 3/4 x 30in (50.2 x 76.2cm)

50.2 x 76.2cm

: Doyle New York, 25 April 2001, lot 85 Wunderlich & Co., Inc., New York, NY The source of the engraving is the painting by John Trumbull depicting the dying Spanish officer Don Jose de Barboza during the Siege of Gibraltar, which was the unsuccessful attempt by the Spanish and French to take Gibraltar from the British during the American Revolution.