Keywords: Capture of the El Gamo.jpg El Gamo in 1801 off the coast of Barcelona by the Royal Navy brig HMS Speedy commanded by Thomas Cochrane 10th Earl of Dundonald 1845 http //books google com/books id DlApAAAAYAAJ pg PT245 Oil on canvas Size cm 183 9 132 1 Victoria and Albert Museum object history Painted for Commander Ricketts RN who served as midshipman in the action; by descent to his daughter Mrs Julia Anne Bonnor who bequeathed it to the museum 1901 credit line Bequeathed by Mrs Julia Anne Bonnor 364-1901 http //collections vam ac uk/item/O131836/oil-painting-the-action-and-capture-of/ PD-old-100 PD-US-unpublished Jappalang <span class signature-talk >talk</span> date 2010 09 24 Paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum William Clarkson Stanfield Thomas Cochrane 10th Earl of Dundonald 19th-century sailing ships in paintings Spain in the 1800s Historical images of square-riggers under sail 19th-century paintings of naval battles Speedy ship 1782 |