Painting the Battle of Gibraltar, John Singleton Copley was caught between his own desires and his subjects’. The fall of 1783 marked a low point for the British Empire. For two years its military had suffered defeat after humiliating defeat, with extensive territorial losses in every corner of the empire. The East India Company had …
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