This contemporary engraving by Hawkins is based on Hamilton's The
Capture of General Lee (now in the collection of the British
Museum). It shows the capture of General Charles Lee by a detachment of 16th Light
Dragoons which was led by Cornet Banastre Tarleton. It should be noted that the primary figure
almost certainly represents Tarleton's commanding officer on the expedition, Lieutenant Colonel
William Harcourt. None of the figures are strong portraits, and it is extremely unlikely that the
artist back in England had even heard of the obscure Cornet who not yet made a name for
himself.