Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar (c1783) Size:L: 80 x 60cm An ornate piece of cloth

An ornate piece of cloth lies on a chair

a man pushes a barrow in the foreground

Looking towards the Queen's private apartments

A Lord Mayor

The River Thames and boats are seen in the foreground

Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar (c1783) Size:L: 80 x 60cm An ornate piece of cloth'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.