#also he was the illegitimate son of patriotic usamerican artist john trumbull

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1814 portrait miniature of Lieutenant John Trumbull Ray, by artist Andrew Robertson. A Peninsular War veteran of the Napoleonic Wars in the British Army, he served under Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, and was wounded first during the Siege of Badajoz and, later, at the Battle of Salamanca.

#napoleonic wars #john trumbull ray #british army #redcoat #dressed to kill #1810s #military history #napoleonic #also he was the illegitimate son of patriotic usamerican artist john trumbull #very awkward whoops #his dad was worried he might fight in the war of 1812 but that didn't happen #but many peninsular veterans also fought in north america #portrait miniature #andrew robertson