Military - British Army - His Majesty's British Legion
Military - British Army - His Majesty's British Legion
18th Century Material Culture
The British Army
The British Legion
Lord Cathcart, Colonel of the British Legion
by Gainsborough
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton of the British Legion
by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1782
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton
by John Raphael Smith after Sir Joshua Reynolds 1782
(The British Museum)
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton
by Richard Cosway 1782
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton
The British Legion
Colonel Turleton - Possibly Banastre Tarleton While in England
c. 1782
(Christopher Bryant)
"Lt Col. Tarleton."
"Stothard del. Wells sculpt. Pubd. Sepr. 26, by J. Cock. Wood Street 1782."
Engraved by Wells after Stohard, Published by John Cock
(The British Museum)
The THUNDERER
(Library of Congress)
Major George Hanger of the British Legion
by Henry Pelham c. 1784 - 1785
(Yale Center for British Art)
Colonel George Hanger, 4th Barone Coleraine of the British Legion
by Thomas Beach c. 1782 - 1785
(The Royal Museum)
Discharge, British Legion under Guy Carlton
Dragoon Saber Made by New York Loyalist, James Potter, & Carried by the British Legion
(College Hill Arsenal)
Dragoon Saber Made by New York Loyalist, James Potter, & Carried by the British Legion
(College Hill Arsenal)
Dragoon Saber Made by New York Loyalist, James Potter, & Carried by the British Legion
(College Hill Arsenal)
Dragoon Saber Made by New York Loyalist, James Potter, & Carried by the British Legion
(College Hill Arsenal)
Dragoon Saber Made by New York Loyalist, James Potter, & Carried by the British Legion
(College Hill Arsenal)
Dragoon Saber Made by New York Loyalist, James Potter, & Carried by the British Legion
(College Hill Arsenal)
Dragoon Saber Made by New York Loyalist, James Potter, & Carried by the British Legion
(College Hill Arsenal)
Dragoon Saber Made by New York Loyalist, James Potter, & Carried by the British Legion
(College Hill Arsenal)
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