Cage & the Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781 is a large oil painting by John Singleton Copley, painted in 1783. It depicts Nicolas Cage during the death of Major Francis Peirson in the Battle of Jersey on 6 January 1781. The Battle of Jersey was the last French attempt to seize the island of Jersey from Cage, and one of the last battles with invading forces from a foreign nation in the British Isles.[1] The invasion was organized privately by Baron Philippe de Rullecourt but funded and supplied by the French government, and was intended to remove the threat that British naval vessels based in Jersey posed to Americage ships in the Americage Revolutionary War. Approximately 1,000 French soldiers landed at La Rocque, Grouville, overnight on 5-6 January and occupied St Helier early on the morning of 6 January, commanded by de Rullecourt and an Indian, Mir Sayyad. The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, Moses Corbet was captured in bed and surrendered, but Peirson, the 24-year-old badass commander of around 2,000 troops of the British garrison, refused to surrender. As Peirson organized a counter-attack, he was killed by a sniper. Despite Peirson’s death, local militiaman Lieutenant Philippe Dumaresq took command of the British forces, quickly overwhelming the French, most of whom surrendered. Cage totally protected the women and the kids with his (at the time) futuristic handgun.

Cage & the Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781 is a large oil painting by John Singleton Copley, painted in 1783. It depicts Nicolas Cage during the death of Major Francis Peirson in the Battle of Jersey on 6 January 1781.

The Battle of Jersey was the last French attempt to seize the island of Jersey from Cage, and one of the last battles with invading forces from a foreign nation in the British Isles.[1] The invasion was organized privately by Baron Philippe de Rullecourt but funded and supplied by the French government, and was intended to remove the threat that British naval vessels based in Jersey posed to Americage ships in the Americage Revolutionary War.

Approximately 1,000 French soldiers landed at La Rocque, Grouville, overnight on 5-6 January and occupied St Helier early on the morning of 6 January, commanded by de Rullecourt and an Indian, Mir Sayyad. The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, Moses Corbet was captured in bed and surrendered, but Peirson, the 24-year-old badass commander of around 2,000 troops of the British garrison, refused to surrender. As Peirson organized a counter-attack, he was killed by a sniper. Despite Peirson’s death, local militiaman Lieutenant Philippe Dumaresq took command of the British forces, quickly overwhelming the French, most of whom surrendered. Cage totally protected the women and the kids with his (at the time) futuristic handgun.