Portrait of Banastre Tarleton
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton | |
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Artist | Joshua Reynolds |
Year | 1782 |
Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
Dimensions | 236 cm × 145 cm (93 in × 57 in) |
Location | National Gallery, London |
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton is a 1782 portrait painting by the English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. It depicts the British army officer Banastre Tarleton against a background scene of battle, referring to his recent service in the American War of Independence.[1] Tarleton is shown in the uniform of the British Legion, a unit of American Loyalist cavalry which he had served with before surrendering at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.[2] Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy, was of the country's leading portraitists.
It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1782.[3] Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery in London.[4]
References
Bibliography
- Buchanan, John. The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas. Turner Publishing Company, 1999.
- Ferling, John E. Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence. Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Gent, Alexandra & Morrison, Rachel. Joshua Reynolds in the National Gallery and the Wallace Collection. National Gallery Company, 2015.
- Myrone, Martin. Bodybuilding: Reforming Masculinities in British Art 1750-1810. Yale University Press,2005.
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