Lord Heathfield. c1809 nose Scene in the cobbled courtyard

Scene in the cobbled courtyard of Whitbread's brewery as workers load barrels of beer onto carts pulled by shire horses

A sailor and a soldier stride towards the hotel

who exceeded all his predecessors in his sybaritic way of life

and with the other he rubs his moustache in thought

'The Morning Herald'

Lord Heathfield. c1809 nose Scene in the cobbled courtyardLord Heathfield. c1809. General Sir George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield, was Governor of Gibraltar 1779 83 during which time he defended the colony from Spanish attack. He is shown here in full military uniform, holding a key, as a metaphor for the key to the island.