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John Singleton Copley
Painting: The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar
The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782 is one of Britain's largest oil paintings; it depicts the defeat of the floating batteries at Gibraltar during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. The Governor of Gibraltar, General George Augustus Eliott, is on horseback pointing to the rescue of the defeated Spanish sailors by the British.
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