English: Dedication: [bottom, below title:] This View of the CÆSAR, VENERABLE and SUPERB, Defeating the Combined French and Spanish Fleet on the Night of the 12,, July 1801, when the SAN ANTONIO of 74 Guns, was Captured the REAL CARLOS and SAN HERMENEGILDO of 112 Guns, each were burn'd. / is most respectfully Inscribed to Sir James Saumarez, Bar,t and the Officers of the Squadron, by their Ob,,t Serv.t / Rob,,t Dodd.

A view of the second naval Battle of Algeciras, fought at night in the Strait of Gibraltar, on 12 July 1801 in which the British, commanded by Rear Admiral Saumarez, defeated the Franco-Spanish fleet. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802): Anglo-Spanish War (1798-1802).

Having been repulsed during the First Battle of Algeciras Bay on 6 July, Rear Admiral James Saumarez (1757-1836; 1st Baron Saumarez), in the night time action shown in this view, with the three British ships Caesar, Venerable, and Superb in the middle and right foreground, captured Spanish ship San Antonio, having caused the Real Carlos and San Hermenegildo to sink each other in the conflagration which can be seen in the background. There were no British losses and Saumarez was made Knight of the Bath.

Robert Dodd (1748-1815) (publisher) [bottom centre, below dedication:] London, Published January 12 -1803, by R. Dodd, 41. Charing Cross, six Doors from the Admiralty.

George III catalogue entry: Naval Engagement Cape Trafalgar. View of the Caesar, Venerable and Superb defeating the combined French and Spanish Fleet on the night of the 12.th of July 1801; when the San Antonio was captured and the Real Carlos and San Hermenegildo burnt: by R. Dodd, 1803. [The same entry occurs under the heading Trafalgar.]