The Siege of Gibraltar, 1782
1 portrait of Major-General William Picton
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The Siege of Gibraltar, 1782
by George Carter
gouache on millboard, 1784
16 1/2 in. x 22 in. (419 mm x 559 mm)
Given by Alfred Jones, 1914
Primary Collection
NPG 1752
Sittersback to top
- Sir Robert Boyd (1710-1794), General. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Gavin Cochrane, Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Peter Craig (active 1782), Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Gustav Friedrich von Dachenhausen (1724-1787), Lieutenant-Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- August de la Motte (1713-1788), Major-General. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Major Joseph Eyre. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- George Gledstone, Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir William Green, 1st Bt (1725-1811), General. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Major George Grove (active 1752), Major. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (1717-1790), General; defender of Gibraltar. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- William Hellett, Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Charles Holloway (1749-1827), Major-General. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ernst August von Hugo (1725-1788), Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- George Lewis, Lieutenant-Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Major Vaughan Lloyd. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- George Mackenzie (1741-1787), Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- William Mackintosh, Lieutenant-Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Major Philip Martin. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Phipps (circa 1735-1798), Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Engineers. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Major-General William Picton. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Bernhard Wilhelm von Schlepegrell (active 1782), Lieutenant-Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Thomas Trigg, Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Major Vallotton. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Captain William Wilson (active 1752). Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
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
Events of 1784back to top
Current affairs
Theatre proprietor and postal reformer John Palmer runs the first mail coach in England, between Bristol and London. A three day journey is now completed in 16 hours.Commutation Act reduces punitive duties on tea to combat smuggling.
Art and science
Aeronaut James Sadler makes the first hot air balloon flight in Britain, from Oxford to Woodeaton.Chemist Henry Cavendish's paper Experiments on Air reveals the composition of water.
Writer Samuel Johnson dies.
Joshua Reynolds succeeds Allan Ramsay as Painter to the King.
International
Thomas Jefferson's Land Ordinance passed by the United States' Continental Congress, coming into effect the following year. It allows for the sale of land in the largely unmapped west of the country.Britain receives its first bales of cotton from the United States since before the War of American Independence.
William Pitt's India Act creates a Board of Control to oversee the affairs of the British East India Company and centralise power.
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