The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral de Winter to Admiral Duncan at the Battle of Camperdown (The Victory of Lord Duncan)

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 portraitist J S 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.

Credit: Acquired from the Countess of Buckinghamshire's Trust 1997 (date of formal concession of ownership)