Plate 8 from 'The Little Sea Torch: or True Guide for Coasting Pilots...Translated from the French of Le Sieur Bougard, with corrections and additions, by J. T. Serres' (London: Published for the author, by J. Debett, Piccadilly; and also by Messrs, G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers to his Majesty, 1801). 'The Little Sea Torch' was an illustrated coasting pilot guide based on Rene Bougard's 'Le petit flambeau de la mer' published in 1684. Serres, who was the Marine Painter to the King, added views of headlands, ports, lighthouses, landmarks, topography, coastal scenes, ships, rowing boats, and harbor entrances. The guide had 127 hand-colored aquatint plates after J. T. Serres, a list of subscribers, a table of soundings, and an index.
Three colored aquatints 3 x 15.25 in. each of the coast of Gibraltar, Spain. The vignette at the top depicts the signal house on top of a hill on the left side of the scene; a tall ship sails close to the shore. The second, middle vignette of the mountainous landscape is framed within a scroll. An unfurled scroll lists the title of the views of each vignette. The third or bottom vignette has port-side view of a ship in the water with the famous Cabrita Point visible in the background.
