The Siege of Gibraltar, 1782

Artistback to top

• George Carter (1737-1794). Artist associated with 2 portraits.

Sittersback to top

• Sir Robert Boyd (1710-1794), General. Sitter in 2 portraits.
• Colonel Gavin Cochrane. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Colonel Peter Craig. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Gustav Friedrich von Dachenhausen. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Major-General de la Motte. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Major Joseph Eyre. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Colonel George Gledstone. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Sir William Green, 1st Bt (1725-1811), General. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Major George Grove. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (1717-1790), General; defender of Gibraltar. Sitter in 14 portraits.
• Colonel William Hellett. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Sir Charles Holloway (1749-1827), Major-General. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Colonel Ernst August von Hugo (died 1794). Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Lieutenant-Colonel George Lewis. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Major Vaughan Lloyd. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Colonel George Mackenzie. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Mackintosh. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Major Philip Martin. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Phipps. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Major-General William Picton. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Lieutenant-Colonel von Schreppergill. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Colonel Thomas Trigg. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Major Vallotton. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Captain William Wilson (active 1752). Sitter in 1 portrait.

This portraitback to top

Soon after entering the War of Independence on the side of the colonists, the Spanish and French attacked Gibraltar. Their long siege began in July 1779 and was not finally broken until soon after the event shown here: the firing and sinking of the floating Spanish batteries on 14 September 1782. General Eliott, afterwards Lord Heathfield, the Governor of Gibraltar, is seen receiving news of the victory from his aide-de-camp, Major Valloton. This work is a sketch for the large picture at the National Army Museum.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 509
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 713

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Around the world
• Events and occasions
• Group portraits
• War and battle scenes