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The Right Honourable Edward Lord Viscount Exmouth Baron Exmouth of Canonleigh

Print
01/04/1818 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait, full-length, standing on the deck of a warship, facing half right with his left arm raised and wearing admiral's uniform with epaulettes. The sitter is wearing a sword at his left side and is holding a telescope in his right hand. On the right is a cannon and shot; to the left is the mast of the ship.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Right Honourable Edward Lord Viscount Exmouth Baron Exmouth of Canonleigh (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, full-length portrait of Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833), standing on the deck of a warship. Mezzotint by Charles Turner after Sir William Beechey, 1818.
Physical description
Portrait, full-length, standing on the deck of a warship, facing half right with his left arm raised and wearing admiral's uniform with epaulettes. The sitter is wearing a sword at his left side and is holding a telescope in his right hand. On the right is a cannon and shot; to the left is the mast of the ship.
Dimensions
  • Height: 66.4cm
  • Width: 41.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Copy number
1st state
Marks and inscriptions
'Painted by Sir Wm. Beechey, R.A. Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by C. Turner, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square. The Right Honourable Edward Lord Viscount Exmouth Baron Exmouth of Canonleigh, a Baronet & L.L.D. Admiral of the Blue Suadron of his Majesty's Fleet, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Sicilian Order of Saint Ferdinand and Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint Maurice and Lazare of Sardinia, Knight of the most Honourable & Ancient Order of the Annunciation of Savoy and Sardinia, Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William of the Netherlands, and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and distinguished Order of Charles the 3d. of Spain, towards the close of the evening, ordering the sails of the Queen Charlotte to be handed in, in consequence of the burning of an Algerine Vessel immediately under her stern. London, Published April 1. 1818. for the Proprietor by C. Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.' (Lettered with name of sitter, 8 lines of descriptive text and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.591-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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