John Trumbull, 1789 - The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar - fine art print

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The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar is an artpiece by John Trumbull. The original creation has the following size: 71 x 107 in (180,3 x 271,8 cm) and was manufactured on the medium oil on canvas. Furthermore, the artwork is part of the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Pauline V. Fullerton Bequest; Mr. and Mrs. James Walter Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Gifts; Erving Wolf Foundation and Vain and Harry Fish Foundation Inc. Gifts; Gift of Hanson K. Corning, by exchange; and Maria DeWitt Jesup and Morris K. Jesup Funds, 1976 (licensed - public domain). The creditline of the artpiece is: Purchase, Pauline V. Fullerton Bequest; Mr. and Mrs. James Walter Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Gifts; Erving Wolf Foundation and Vain and Harry Fish Foundation Inc. Gifts; Gift of Hanson K. Corning, by exchange; and Maria DeWitt Jesup and Morris K. Jesup Funds, 1976. What is more, the alignment is in landscape format with a ratio of 1.4 : 1, meaning that the length is 40% longer than the width. John Trumbull was a artist, painter of American nationality, whose artistic style can be attributed mainly to Romanticism. The painter lived for 87 years and was born in the year 1756 in Lebanon, New London county, Connecticut, United States and deceased in the year 1843.

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• Aluminium dibond print: Aluminium Dibond prints are prints on metal with a true effect of depth, which makes a modern impression by having a surface structure, which is non-reflective. For the Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print your chosen artpiece onto the aluminium composite surface. The bright and white sections of the original work of art shine with a silky gloss, however without the glare.
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• The canvas print: A UV printed canvas material mounted on a wooden stretcher frame. A canvas print has the great advantage of being low in weight, which implies that it is easy and straightforward to hang up the Canvas print without the help of any wall-mounts. Canvas prints are suited for any type of wall.
• Poster on canvas material: A poster print is a printed canvas paper with a fine structure on the surface. Please keep in mind, that depending on the size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin 2 - 6cm around the work of art in order to facilitate the framing with a custom frame.

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What does the website of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art say about this 18th century artwork painted by John Trumbull? (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

This painting depicts the events of the night of November 26, 1781, when British troops, long besieged by Spanish forces at Gibraltar, made a sortie, or sudden attack, against the encroaching enemy batteries. The focal point of the painting is the tragic death of the Spanish officer Don Jose de Barboza. Abandoned by his fleeing troops, he charged the attacking column alone, fell mortally wounded, and, refusing all assistance, died near his post. Trumbull portrays him rejecting the aid of General George Eliott, commander of the British troops. This work, the largest and last of three versions of the subject that Trumbull executed between 1786 and 1789, demonstrates his ambition to solidify his reputation on the basis of the highly respected genre of history painting.