1799, John Singleton Copley, The Victory of Lord Duncan (The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, 11 October 1797) -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: Adam Duncan's victory over the Dutch allies of the French Revolutionary government off Kamperduin (Camperdown) in 1797 raised the veteran Scottish admiral to the status of a British national hero. This huge celebratory picture was a commercial speculation rather than a State or private commission. The Irish Bostonian portraitist JS Copley had been drawn to London in 1775 by the phenomenal success of his fellow-expatriate Benjamin West as a painter of modern history in the grand manner.
1799, John Singleton Copley, The Victory of Lord Duncan (The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, 11 October 1797) -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: Adam Duncan's victory over the Dutch allies of the French Revolutionary government off Kamperduin (Camperdown) in 1797 raised the veteran Scottish admiral to the status of a British national hero. This huge celebratory picture was a commercial speculation rather than a State or private commission. The Irish Bostonian portraitist JS Copley had been drawn to London in 1775 by the phenomenal success of his fellow-expatriate Benjamin West as a painter of modern history in the grand manner.