[A large gunboat with three masts and seven gunports, flying the French, British, and Spanish flags while sailing in front of Gibraltar and several other boats; a Moorish Military Officer holding a staff while wearing a red fez with a blue feather, green
13. Sept. 22, 1806. 'we were a few minutes sail of Gibraltar when one of the rascally gun-boats (Spanish) run out from a point on the Spanish coast and bore down on us.'"; "Moorish Military Officer."; "14. 'the Jews who form a principal part of the inhabitants--, they wear a blue or black cap with a jacket of the same color which reaches half way down to their thighs.'"; "Turkish Military Officer."; "17. Types of uniforms worn by the British Officers who were stationed at Gibraltar."; George Barrell, Ms., September 22, 1806; 1806. s.l., page 19. From a bound account entitled "Journal of a Voyage from Boston to Malaga in the Brig Venus and Return in the Schooner Louisiana by George Barrell." Along with Barrell's prose descriptions of life at sea and detailed depictions of Gibraltar and Malaga, the author drew 32 colored illustrations, primarily of landscapes and people he encountered on his journey
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