File:Admiral James Berkeley, 1680-1736, 3rd Earl of Berkeley RMG BHC2552.tiff
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[edit]anonymous: Admiral James Berkeley, 1680-1736, 3rd Earl of Berkeley
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| Artist | _(after)_-_Admiral_James_Berkeley_(1680%E2%80%931736),_3rd_Earl_of_Berkeley_(background_thought_to_be_by_Peter_Monamy_w_-_BHC2552_-_Royal_Museums_Greenwich.jpg) | |||||||||||
| Author |
Peter Monamy; after Sir Godfrey Kneller |
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| Title |
Admiral James Berkeley, 1680-1736, 3rd Earl of Berkeley  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
| Genre |
portrait |
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| Description |
English: Admiral James Berkeley, 1680-1736, 3rd Earl of Berkeley Although this painting bears Peter Monamy's signature below the buoy on the right it is unlikely that he was responsible for more than the marine background, since he is not otherwise known to have painted portraits. The figure of Berkeley is therefore assumed to be painted by an unidentified copyist, based on Kneller's 'kit-cat' half-length of about 1710, now in the National Portrait Gallery. He is shown in three-quarter-length, to right, wearing a red velvet coat laced with gold and a brown full-bottomed wig. He also wears the Order of the Garter to which he was appointed in 1718 and carries a baton in his right hand. Berkeley distinguished himself at the Battle of Malaga, 1704, while commanding the 'Boyne', 80 guns. In 1719, he was appointed Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Navy and Fleets and this gave him the right to fly the Lord High Admiral's flag, seen on his flagship on the right, although he was not the Lord High Admiral (a royal office held in commission after the death of Queen Anne's husband, Prince George of Denmark, in 1708). The portrait has been idealized, in the sense that the sitter looks too young for the date, although this may derive from the comparatively youthful original on which it is based. Monamy, a self-taught artist, was influenced by van de Velde the Younger, and may have worked in his studio. The painting is signed ' P. Monamy pinx.' and another similar copy, also signed by him, is recorded. It is possible that, for whatever reason, they were made for Berkeley (a Whig) at the time of his appointment in 1719, or for officers serving under him. Monamy, whose naval clientele tended to be those of Whig persuasion, would have been the obvious choice to do the marine part and may have organised the work, signing it as 'master' in that capacity as much for being of the better known co-executant. This version was presented to Greenwich Hospital by Lady Hardy, wife of its Governor, Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, in 1838. |
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| Date | circa 1720 | |||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 1270 mm x 1015 mm x 20 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC2552 |
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| Notes | Signed. | |||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14026 | |||||||||||
| 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 | Greenwich Hospital Collection number: GH9 Loan File Number: Y2000.023 file number: 4G10.031 id number: BHC2552 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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