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Der Tod Des Major Peirsons (The Death Of Major Peirson) 1782-1784 Tate Gallery London, UK | Copley, John Singleton | 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 |
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