Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 14, 1805
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 2
Additional Source Text:
The donor is identified as "of Swanson St. & Christian St."
Notes:
The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American Revolution. The siege lasted from from June 1779 to February 1783.
John Turner was a Philadelphia mastmaker in partnership with Thomas Thomson.
