Portrait of Banastre Tarleton

Portrait of Banastre Tarleton
Artist	Joshua Reynolds
Year	1782
Type	Oil on canvas, portrait
Location	National Gallery, London

Portrait of Banastre Tarleton is a 1782 portrait painting by the English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. It depicts the British army officer Banastre Tarleton against a background scene of battle, referring to his recent service in the American War of Independence.^[1] Tarleton is shown in the uniform of the British Legion, a unit of American Loyalist cavalry which he had served with before surrendering at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.^[2] Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy, was of the country's leading portraitists.

It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1782.^[3] Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery in London.^[4]