Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar (c1783) Size:L: 80 x 60cm including a boy with hoop

including a boy with hoop and a girl with a dog

View from Old Palace Yard

Looking towards the Queen's private apartments

a man pushes a barrow in the foreground

An ornate piece of cloth lies on a chair

Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar (c1783) Size:L: 80 x 60cm including a boy with hoop'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.