Portraits of British

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Lieutenant General Jeffery Amherst, 1758

Lieutenant General Jeffery Amherst, 1758
by Joseph Blackburn (c. 1730—87)

Oil on canvas; 32 x 26 1/2 in.; 81.28 x 67.31 cm. Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Amherst, MA.

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Self-Portrait of Captain John André Atttired for the Mischianza, 1778

Self-Portrait of Captain John André Atttired for the Mischianza, 1778
by John André (1750—80)

Pencil and watercolor on paper. Cliveden, the Chew House, Germantown, PA.

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Major John André, Self-Portrait, 1780

Major John André, Self-Portrait, 1780
by John André (1750—80)

Pen and brown ink on paper; 10.2 x 13.0 cm (4 x 5 1/8 in). Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.…

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Colonel Isaac Barré, c. 1765

Colonel Isaac Barré, c. 1765
by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (c. 1734—1808)

Oil on canvas. Private collection; Bowood House, Wiltshire, England.

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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, c. 1754

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, c. 1754
studio of William Hoare (1707—92)

Oil on canvas; 49 3/4 in. x 39 3/4 in. (1264 mm x 1010 mm). National Portrait Gallery, London, England.

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General Sir Henry Clinton, c. 1765

General Sir Henry Clinton, c. 1765
attrib. Andrea Soldi (1703—71)

Oil on canvas. The American Museum in Britain, Claverton Manor, Bath, England. Portrayed during Clinton’s…

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Henry Clinton, c. 1777

Henry Clinton, c. 1777
by John Smart (c. 1740—1811)

Miniature; watercolor on ivory. National Army Museum, London, England.

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Charles Cornwallis, 1770

Charles Cornwallis, 1770
by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (c. 1734—1808)

Pastel on paper; 9 x 7 inches 22.9 x 17.8 cm oval.

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Charles Cornwallis, 1782

Charles Cornwallis, 1782
by Daniel Gardner (1750—1805)

Pencil, pastel, and gouache on paper.

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The Burial of General Simon Fraser after the Battle of Saratoga, 1777; 1794

The Burial of General Simon Fraser after the Battle of Saratoga, 1777; 1794
by John Graham (1754—1817)

Oil on canvas. National Army Museum, London. Fraser was shot and killed by American rifleman Timothy Murphy…

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Wounds [from battle] were first cleansed with lint, either dry or wet with oil, and bandaged lightly. Later they were to be washed with a digestive — a substance used to draw pus — and then covered with a bread-and-milk poultice, with oil for moisture. For the first twelve days, a cooling regiment of medicines and diet was recommended, on the theory that this lowered the danger of infection. The empiricists among the medical men of the time had noticed that a man ran a fever with an infection, and concluded, with somewhat superficial logic, that keeping him cool would lower the chances of the infection taking root.

Unfortunately, there was little or no interest in using clean bandages or instruments.

— Thomas Fleming
Now We Are Enemies: The Story of Bunker Hill (1960; reissued 2010)