General G.A. Elliott, (Being a more accurate & exact Likeness of that Brave Commander than is given in any other History of England) The Gallant Defender and Preserver of the Important Garrison of Gibraltar, against the Combined Efforts of France & Spain - Whose Battering Ships, &c he Burnt and Destroyed, but Humanely Saved 357 of the Perishing Beseigers from Impending Death, early in the Morning of Sepr. 14. 1782. Engraved for Barnard's New Complete & Authentic History of England
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Object Details
ID: | PAD5408 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Thornton, John |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Events: | American War of Independence: Siege of Gibraltar, 1779 |
Date made: | 14 Sep 1782 |
People: | Eliott, George Augustus |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Mount: 331 mm x 225 mm |