XCF30346 Colonel Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) 1782 (oil on canvas) by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92); 236.2x145.4 cm; National Gallery, London, UK; (add.info.: uniform of the British Legion or Tarleton\'s Green Horse; hailed by the Loyalists and British as an outstanding leader of light cavalry and was praised for his tactical prowess and resolve, even against superior numbers. His green uniform was the standard of the British Legion, a provincial unit organised in New York in 1778. Tarleton was later elected a Member of Parliament for Liverpool and became a prominent Whig politician. Tarleton\'s cavalrymen were frequently called \'Tarleton\'s Raiders\'. ); English, out of copyright.