Tag: Laurits Bernhard Holst

Laurits Bernhard Holst, Danish 1848-1934 Shipping off Gibraltar, c. 1876 Oil on canvas 42.8x70cm Private collection Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered to the north by Spain. In 1704, Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar from Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of…