Attributed to Thomas Elliott (British, active c.1790–1...

Hammer

£5,000

Attributed to Thomas Elliott (British, active c.1790–1800)
Battle of Cape St Vincent
c. 1797
Oil on canvas
In a gilded English frame c. 1800
With an inventory number verso and period plaque with title recto

The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (14th February 1797) was one of the opening battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808), as part of the French Revolutionary Wars, where a British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated a greatly superior Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba y Ramos near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.

Dimensions:
(Frame) 35.5 in. (H) x 53.5 in. (W) 
(Canvas) 31.5 in. (H) x 50 in. (W)