File:George, 1653-1708, Prince of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland and Lord High Admiral RMG BHC2714.tiff
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Godfrey Kneller: George, 1653-1708, Prince of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland and Lord High Admiral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q65317 |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: George, 1653-1708, Prince of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland and Lord High Admiral A full-length portrait facing slightly to the left in three-quarter armour. He wears a ducal robe with the collar of the Garter and a brown full-bottomed wig. His right hand, which holds a baton, rests on an anchor fluke. In the left background is a crown, and on the right a close helmet, soldiers on a beach and a ship offshore flying the Admiralty flag. The sitter was the consort of Queen Anne, whom he married in 1683, following a gallant early career in Denmark as a soldier. In 1702, on the Queen's accession, he became Lord High Admiral, a post he held until his death. Charles II is reported to have said that he had 'tried him, drunk and sober, but "God's fish" there was nothing in him'. He was, however, dutifully diligent in the very limited sphere he was allowed even as Lord High Admiral. The portrait is signed by the artist and was presented to the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital by Edward Hawke Locker in 1828. Locker, Secretary to the Hospital from 1819 and its senior resident Commissioner from 1829, was instrumental in founding of the Naval Gallery in 1823-24 and its guiding hand until his retirement in 1844. Prince George had been the Chairman of the Hospital's founding Grand Committee under William III, and continued this largely honorific involvement after his wife Queen Anne's accession. Where Locker obtained the painting is not clear, but it was one of three he presented to the Hospital, as well as being instrumental in group commisionning of a fourth; respectively BHC2758 (his ancestor, Commodore Brown, artist unidentified), BHC0355 (The Capture of Portobello, by Chambers) and BHC0617 (The Bombardment of Algiers, by Chambers). |
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Depicted people | Prince George, Duke of Cumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
circa 1704 date QS:P571,+1704-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 2465 x 1535 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC2714 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14188 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Greenwich Hospital Collection number: GH69 Loan File Number: Y2000.023 file number: 4G10.031 id number: BHC2714 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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