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Lieutenant General Sir Je"ery Amherstby Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1768

(Yale Center of British Art)


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Lieutenant General Sir Je"ery Amherstby Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1768

(Yale Center of British Art)


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Lieutenant General Sir Je"ery Amherst

by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1768(National Gallery of Canada))


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Lieutenant General Sir Je"ery Amherst

by Ozias Humphrey c. 1768(Private Collection)


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Lieutenant General Lord Je"rey AmherstIn the Manner of Gilbert Stuart c. 1776 - 1778

(Aldefir House)


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Je"ery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal

byThomas Gainsboroughc. 1785(National Portrait Gallery)
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Je"ery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal

by Robert Edge Pine (1733 - 1788)(Sothebys)


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Elizabeth, Lady Amherst

by Sir Joshua Reynolds(Sothebys)


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William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

by William Hogarth 1732(Yale Center for British Art)


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William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

by William Hogarth 1732(Yale Center for British Art)


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His Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland

after Gerhard Brockman(The Royal Collection)


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Captain General Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

by David Morier c. 1745(Royal Collection)


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Captain General Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberlandby David Morier c. 1745

(Royal Collection)


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by David Morier c. 1746 - 1750(Royal Collection)


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by David Morier c. 1748 - 1749(National Trust)


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by David Morier c. 1748 - 1749(National Army Museum)


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by David Morier c. 1748 - 1749(National Portrait Gallery)


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by David Morier c. 1748 - 1749(National Portrait Gallery)


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Captain-General Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

by British School c. 1755(Royal Collection)
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General John Burgoyne

after Alan Ramsay c, 1755(Frick Museum)


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by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1766(Frick Museum)


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Le gnral Burgoyne Saratoga, le 17 8bre 1777, a t pris prisonnier de guerre avec toute son arme

by anonymous 1781(The British Museum)


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by James Sayers, Published by Charles Bretherton 17 June 1782(The British Museum)


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Study of General John Burgoyne: The Funeral of General Fraser at Saratoga

by John Graham 1784(National Army Museum)


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Major General the Honorable Cadwallader Lord Blayney, Baron Blayney of Monaghan, circa 1766

Attributed to William Thompson(Library and Museum of Freemasonry)


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Major General Sir Archibald Campbell of Ivernell & Rossby George Romney 1785


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General John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll

by Thomas Gainsborough(Sothebys Auction House)


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Sir Henry Clinton

by Andrea Soldi c. 1762 - 1765(American Museum in Britain)


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General, Sir, Henry Clinton

(National Army Museum)


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General, Sir, Henry ClintonLiverpool, England 1780

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)


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by English School


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The Honorable Robert, First Baron Clive of Plassey, K.B., Former Governor of Bengal , K.B.

by Thomas Gainsborough c. 1764(National Army Museum)


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Major General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive

by Nathaniel Dance-Holland(National Portrait Gallery)


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Major General the Honorable Robert Clive, First Baron Clive of Plassey, K.B.

by Nathaniel Dance - Holland c. 1770(National Trust)


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Major General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Cliveby John Smart after Nathaniel Dance-Holland

(National Trust)


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Major General the Honorable Robert Clive, First Baron Clive of Plassey, K.B.

by John Smart after Nathaniel Dance - Holland c. 1770(National Trust)


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by Nathaniel Dance-Holland c. 1770(National Trust, Powis Castle)


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by Nathaniel Dance-Holland(Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)


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Robert Clive & Mir Jafar

byFrancis Hayman c. 1757


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Clive and Nawab of Bengalby Thomas Penny


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Lieutenant General Sir Eyre Coote, K.B., British Commander-in-Chief in India

by John Thomas Seton c. , 1777 - 1783(The British Library)


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by Henry Robert Robert Morland c. 1763(National Portrait Gallery)


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His Excellency Sr. Eyre Coote, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Lieutenant General in His Majestys Service, Commanderin Chief of all His Majestys and the East India Companys Forces in the East Indies, and a Member of the Supreme Council in Bengal,

Engraved by James Walker after William Lawrenson 1782(Winterthur)


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Portrait of a Gentleman with His Clerk (Lt. General General Giles Stibbert & William Hickey)

by John Thomas Seaton c. 1783 - 1785(Sothebys Auction House)


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General Charles Earl Cornwallisby Hugh Douglas Hamilton c. 1770


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General Charles Earl Cornwallis

by Thomas Gainsborough 1783(National Portrait Gallery, London)


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Lieutenant General Charles, Second Earl Cornwallis

by Thomas Gainsborough 1783(Royal Collection)


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General Charles Earl Cornwallis


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CHARLES Earl CORNWALLIS Lieut. Genl. And Col. of the 33rd Regiment of Foot


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Sta"ordshire Cloak Pin Lord Cornwallis

(Winterthur)


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The SURRENDER of EARL CORNWALLIS...by William Hamilton 1783(Colonial Williamsburg)


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The SURRENDER of CORNWALLIS at YorktownFrench 1781

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Lt. Gen. Hon. Edward Cornwallis


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General Robert Douglas Riding Out

by James Seymour


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Attributed to:Colonel & Brigadier General Samuel Elbert

(Descendent Richard Elbert Whitehead)


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Detail of General George Augustus ElliotThe Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, 13 September 1782"

by John Singleton Copley c. 1783


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GEORG AUGUST ELLIOTAfter Richard Purcell 1782

(The British Museum)


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The Right Hon Sir GEORGE AUGUSTUS ELLIOTT....by Carington Bowles 1782



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Medallion of G. ELLIOT (SIC)1783



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Medallion of Lord Heathfield (George Augustus Eliott)18th Century



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Wedgwood Jasperware Medallion of George Augustus Eliottc. 1787



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General George Augustus Eliott, Governor of Gibraltarby Mather Brown


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General George Augustus Eliottby Antonio Poggi c. 1783(National Army Museum)


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General George Augustus Eliottby Johann Zo"any

(Government Art Collection)


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The COCK of the ROCK.by S.W. Fores 1786



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The COCK of the ROCK.by S.W. Fores 1786



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General George Augustus Eliottby Mather Brown 1788

(The Athenaeum)


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General George Augustus Eliott, Governor of Gibraltarby Joshua Reynolds c. 1787

(National Gallery)


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George Augustus Eliottby John Boydell after Sir Joshua Reynolds 1788



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General Sir Henry Erskineby Allan Ramsey c. 1750

(Huntington Museum of Art)


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Brigadier General Simon Frasier

by Donald N. Moran


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General Thomas Gageby Jeremiah Meyer c. 1775

(National Portrait Gallery)


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General Thomas Gageby John Singleton Copley c. 1788

(Yale Center for British Art)


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Margaret Kemble Gage, Wife of General Thomas Gageby John Singleton Copley c. 1771

(Tinken Museum of Art)


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Major General Henry Gladwinby John Hall

(Detroit Institute of Arts)


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Commander General Robert Gordon of New Grove, County Corkby Hugh Douglas Hamilton c. 1780

(Adams Auction House, Castle Country House Collection)


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Major General Richard Grenvilleby Gilbert Stuart c. 1780

(Christies Auction House)


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Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Haldimandby John Francis Rigaud c. 1775 - 1785

Morges Chateau Military Museums


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Scene at Montmorency Falls near General Haldimand's Country House, Quebec , 1783by James Peachey

(Public Archives of Canada)


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Scene at Montmorency Falls near General Haldimand's Country House, Quebec , 1783by James Peachey

(Public Archives of Canada)


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Major General the Honourable Sir Charles Howard, CB, Colonel of the Regimentby David Morier (1738 - 1748)

(The Green Howards Regimental Museum)
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Lieutenant General George Howardby James Northcote c. 1770



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General, Sir William Howe(Library & Archives Canada)


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General, The HON.ble S.r W.m HOWE

(The Ann S.K. Brown Collection)


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The Conference between the Brothers HOW to get Richby W. Williams 1777



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Review of Troops in the Phoenix Park , Dublin , by Lieutenant General Sir John Irwin, K.B., 1781by Francis Wheatley

)National Portrait Gallery, London)


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Review of Troops in the Phoenix Park , Dublin , by Lieutenant General Sir John Irwin, K.B., 1781by Francis Wheatley

)National Portrait Gallery, London)


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General William Johnsonby John Wollaston

(Albany Institute of History and Art)


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Sir William Johnson Major General of the English Forces in North America 1756 London 1756

(Lord Durham)


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General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albermarle, K.G.

by Sir Joshua Reynolds


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General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albermarle, K.G.by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1782



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General William Keppel Storming the Morro Castleby Sir Joshua Reynolds


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Lieutenant General William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancramby David Morier 1758

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Major General William Kingsleyby Joshua Reynolds c. 1760

(Fusilier Museum, Bury)


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Lieutenant General William KingsleyEnglish School after Joshua Reynolds c. 1760 - 1761



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Brigadier General Stephen KembleEnglish School c. 1781


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Field Marshal, Lord John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonierby Henry Robert Morland

(Royal Armories at the Tower of London)


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Field Marshal, Lord John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonierby Sir Joshua Reynolds 1760

(Tate Gallery)


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Field Marshal, Lord John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonierby Edward Fisher after Sir Joshua Reynolds 1760



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Field Marshal Griherr (Baron) Friedrich August von SporkenGerman School c. 1770

(Sothebys)


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Lieutenant General the Right Honorable Richard, Third Viscount MolesworthMaster General of the Ordnance of Ireland and General of the Horse in Ireland,

byAnthonyLee c. 1746

(Phillip Mould)


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Lieutenant General the Right Honorable Richard, Third Viscount MolesworthMaster General of the Ordnance of Ireland and General of the Horse in Ireland,

byAnthonyLee c. 1746

(Phillip Mould)


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Major General Robert Monckton

by James Ardell after Thomas Hudson


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Major General Robert Moncktonby James Ferguson, in plumbago, circa 1762

(Elle Shushan)


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Major General Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglintonby Sir Joshua Reynolds c.1783 - 1784


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Lieutenant General Hugh, Earl Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland


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HUGH, EARL PERCY


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HUGH, EARL PERCYc. 1778


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The Children of the 2nd Duke of Northumberlandby Gilbert Stuart 1787

(The Athenaeum)


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Major General Augustine Prevostby Mather Brown


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Major General Augustine Prevostby British School after Mather Brown c. 1780

(Frick Art Reference Library)


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Lieutenant General Charles Rainsfordby Gilbert Stuart c. 1782

(Grogan & Company)


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Lieutenant General Charles Rainsford, c. 1782


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Major General John Reid c. 1782(Reproduction of 1803)

(University of Edinburgh)


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Lieutenant General John Russellby Thomas Gainsborough 1770


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The Honorable Lieutenant General James St. Clair of DysartArtist: Jean-Marc Nattier after Allan Ramsay 1749

(National Trust for Scotland)


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Lieutenant - General Philip Sherard and Captain William Ti"ein at the Battle of Brucke - Muhleby Nathaniel Hone 1762


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Major General Thomas StirlingAfter Benjamin West c. 1782

(Black Watch Castle & Museum)


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General James Stuartby George Romney c. 1785


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General the Marquess Townshendby Angelica Kaufman c. Late 1770s

(Philip Mould)


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Lieutenant General Sir John Gri!n Whitwellby Benjamin West c. 1772

(English Heritage)


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James Wolfe (?)


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Major James Wolfeby James Ferguson c. 1750(National Army Museum)


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Major James Wolfe of H.M. 20th Regiment of Footby David Morier c. 1748


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Major James Wolfe of H.M. 20th Regiment of Footby Joseph Highmore

(Bonhams)


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Major James Wolfe of H.M. 20th Regiment of Footby Joseph Highmore


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Colonel James Wolfe of H.M. 20th Regiment of Footby Unknown



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Wolfe?


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Major General James Wolfeby Unknown



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Major General James Wolfeby Nathaniel Hone the Elder 1768

(National Ontario Museum)


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Major General James Wolfe(Library and Archives Canada)


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Major General Wolfeto Isaac Barre from his friend Geo. Townshend


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GENERAL WOOLFE.(Library and Archives Canada)


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GENERAL WOLFE(Library and Archives Canada)


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Major General James Wolfe


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Major General James Wolfe


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Major General James WolfeJ S C Schaak 1767



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Major General James - WolfePrinted for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill London


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General James Wolfe at Quebecby George Townshend 1759

(McCord Museum)


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(McCord Museum)


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PitcherMajor General Wolfe


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Major General WOLFE1776


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The Death of General Wolfe at Quebecby Edward Penny 1763

(Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology)


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The DEATH of GENERAL WOLFE at QUEBECafter Edward Penny 1779


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The DEATH of GENERAL WOLFE at QUEBECafter Edward Penny 1779

(Library and Archives of Canada)


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The DEATH of GENERAL WOLFE at QUEBECby Richard Houston after Edward Penny 1772

(Private Collection)


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The DEATH of GENERAL WOLFE at QUEBECby Edward Penny 1763

(Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford)


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Study for The Death of General Wolfeby Benjamin West c. 1769

(National Gallery of Canada)


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Study for The Death of General Wolfeby Benjamin West c. 1769

(Lakeland Arts Trust)


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The Death of General Wolfeby Benjamin West 1770



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The Death of General Wolfeby Benjamin West 1771(The Royal Collection)


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The DEATH of WOLFE1784 Copy by George Roth, Jr. after Benjamin West (1770)


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The Death of General Wolfeby James Barry 1776

(New Brunswick Museum)


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The Field Coat of General WolfeGreen Serge Lined with Red Serge, Detachable Hood c. 1727 - 1759

(The Royal Museum)


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(The Royal Museum)


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Locket Containing a Lock of Hair of Major General James Wolfe1759

(McCord Museum)


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A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LION - THE VANITY OF HUMAN GLORY...1760



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Unknown Major Generalby John Smart 1781



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Unknown Adjutant General or Quartermaster Generalby John Smart 1786



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Unknown Deputy Adjutant General or Quartermaster Generalby English School c. 1775 - 1780

(Thomas Moore, Sr.)


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Unknown Adjutant or Quartermaster Generalby Johann Zo"any c. 1780 - 1785



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The 18th Century Material CultureResource Center greatly acknowledgesour friend and colleague, Dr. GregoryUrwin of Temple University, for his

exemplary series Redcoat Images.Having had the honor to work withDr. Urwin and personally contribute tohis series in the past, we are pleased toshowcase some of the images that hehas featured in this slideshow. We are

also eternally grateful to our many otherfriends and colleagues who have alsoshared with us their images of theBritish Soldier over the years.


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