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![]() | Der Tod Des Major Peirsons (The Death Of Major Peirson) 1782-1784 Tate Gallery London, UK | ![]() France invaded Jersey on 5 January 1781. The governor surrendered the island after the fall of its capital, St Helier. A twenty-four-year-old garrison commander, Major Peirson, rejected the surrender and led a successful counter-attack. Peirson was in fact killed shortly before the battle, but Copley shows him dying at the moment of British victory,... | Unrated | Anonymous |
| Richard Heber 1782 Yale Center for British Art New Haven, CT | ![]() Richard Heber (January 5, 1773 – October 4, 1833), English book-collector, the half-brother of Reginald Heber, was born in London. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | The Siege And Relief Of Gibraltar, 13 September 1782 circa 1783 Tate Gallery London, UK | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | The Copley Family 1776/1777 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
| Mr. And Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice Delancey) 1775 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | ![]() Ralph Izard (January 23, 1741 / 1742 – May 30, 1804) was a U.S. politician. He served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1794. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Miffin (Sarah Morris) (Thomas Mifflin) 1773 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | ![]() Bequest of Mrs. Esther F. Wistar to The Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1900, and acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art by mutual agreement with the Society through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., and significant contributions from Stephanie S. Eglin, Maude de Schauensee, and other donors to the Philadelphia Museum... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait Of Samuel Adams ca. 1772 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | ![]() Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Paul Revere 1768 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | ![]() Paul Revere (bapt. January 1, 1735 [O.S. December 21, 1734] – May 10, 1818)[1] was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Dorothy Murray c. 1759-c. 1761 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Nicholas Boylston (1716-1771) 1767 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | Unrated | Anonymous |
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