The Right Honourable Edward Lord Viscount Exmouth Baron Exmouth of Canonleigh
Print
01/04/1818 (published)
01/04/1818 (published)
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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.
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Title | The 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. |
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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 |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.591-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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