Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar (c1783) Size:L: 80 x 60cm holding a book

holding a book

Opening celebrations of St Katharine's Dock

Looking towards the Queen's private apartments

An ornate piece of cloth lies on a chair

a man pushes a barrow in the foreground

Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar (c1783) Size:L: 80 x 60cm holding a book'Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar', 1782 (c1783). General Sir George Eliott is on horseback pointing to the battle between the British and the Spanish land and sea forces. Eliott (1717 1790) played a prominent role in withstanding the Franco Spanish siege of Gibraltar in 1779 1783, for which he was knighted. He was created Baron Heathfield in 1787.