Cartagena 1st September 1873. British Squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Hastings R. Yelverton K.C.B., removing revolted Spanish War Ships ''Vitoria'' and ''Almansa'' from Escombrera Bay.
A. Yockney 1 Sep. 73. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith. [n.d., c.1874.] Tinted lithograph with hand colour, scarce. Printed area 360 x 560mm (14 x 22"), framed in original maple. Some spotting, unexamined out of frame. The Royal Navy in action at Cartagena, in Murcia, Spain, helping with the suppression of the Cantonal Revolution, an attempt to break the First Spanish Republic into autonomous regions.
[Ref: 45852] £390.00