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This shows an incident during the War of Spanish Succession, 1702–1714. After the British capture of Gibraltar in 1704, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and his joint commander-in-chief, the Earl of Peterborough, took Barcelona in August 1705 on behalf of the Hapsburg contender for the Spanish throne, King Charles. The French, who supported the Bourbon claimant to the Spanish crown subsequently laid siege to Barcelona, the principal Mediterranean seaport in Spain, by land and sea. In March 1706 King Charles sent an urgent plea for help to Admiral Sir John Leake, then at Gibraltar. The Comte de Toulouse, whose French fleet was blockading Barcelona, heard of Sir John's approach with a superior Anglo-Dutch fleet in time to escape, while the Duke of Anjou was forced to raise the land siege and abandon his artillery train to the Hapsburg forces.
Title
The Relief of Barcelona, 30 April 1706
Date
1713
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 111.8 x W 181.6 cm
Accession number
BHC0345
Work type
Painting