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No. 19 Spanish 9-pounder

Spanish 9-Pounder Bronze Gun: This Mexican War prize was made at Barcelona in1767 from copper imported from Chile, indicated by the inscription "Cobre...de America..." on the left trunnion. Its founders named it "El Galgo" (theGreyhound).

Close up of plaque - No. 19

18 September 2001