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'''Artist/Maker:''' William Sharp (1746-1824) engraver, after John Trumbull (1756-1843)<ref>This article is based on Stein, [[Short Title List|Worlds]], 162.</ref>

'''Created:''' 1799

'''Origin/Purchase:''' London

'''Materials:''' engraving with gouache

'''Dimensions:''' 65.7 x 86.7 (25 7/8 x 34 1/8 in.)

'''Provenance:''' Thomas Jefferson Foundation in 1967.

'''Accession Number:''' 1967-161

'''Historical Notes:''' In at the hope he could generate interest in his work in England, John Trumbull depicted the recent victory of the British over the Spanish at Gibraltar. Benjamin West, Trumbull's mentor, recommended the subject to him, perhaps to rival John Singleton Copley's huge ''Siege of Gibraltar.''<ref>Helen A. Cooper, [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=2589 ''John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter'']] (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982), 35.</ref> The ''Sortie'' portrays the death of a valiant Spanish officer, Don Jose de Barboza, who alone rushed British troops after he was abandoned by his own men. He refused aid offered by the British, preferring to die on the battlefield. Trumbull made three versions of this painting, but none achieved the unequivocal acclaim in London that Trumbull desired. In May 1789 Trumbull reported to Jefferson

<blockquote>"With your books I took the liberty to enclose three or four descriptions of my picture of Gibraltar. There are People here foolish enough to be half affronted that I have paid so much compliment to the Spanish officer."<ref>John Trumbull to Thomas Jefferson, London, May 29, 1789, in [[Short Title List|''PTJ'']], 15:158. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page011.db&recNum=394 Recipient copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref></blockquote>

Although Jefferson sent Trumbull a subscription for "a copy of your print of Gibraltar" on June 21, 1789, the engraving was not published until 1799.<ref>Jefferson to Trumbull, Paris, in Ibid, 15:205. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page011.db&recNum=516 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref> Jefferson's engraving is unlocated.

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[[Category:Engravings]]

Sortie made by Garrison of Gibraltar (Engraving) - Revision history

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