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

Print

Object Details

ID: PAD5408
Type: Print
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