File:Sir George Walton.jpg
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[edit]Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q4865240 |
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Description |
English: Portrait of George Walton (1664/65 - 1739)
"While commanding the ‘Carcass’, 1701–02, Walton went to the West Indies with a squadron under Vice-Admiral John Benbow, who in March 1702 appointed him to the ‘Ruby’. She was one of the squadron with Benbow in the actions with Admiral Jean-Baptiste Du Casse, 19–24 August 1702, off Cape Santa Marta (Columbia), when Walton was the only captain who loyally supported his admiral. In 1718 he played a notable part in Sir George Byng’s action off Cape Passaro, 31 July 1718." |
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Date | probably 1734–39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 127.2 cm (50 in); width: 101.5 cm (39.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,127.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,101.5U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1199924 |
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Current location |
not on view |
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Accession number |
BHC3076 |
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Inscriptions | The portrait is signed lower left ‘B. Dandridge Pinx.’, and was probably painted 1734–39. Dandridge had taken over Kneller’s old studio in 1731.= | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14549.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | The National Maritime Museum |
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Author | Bartholomew Dandridge |
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Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 26 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 26 dpi |
Software used | GIMP 2.6.12 |
File change date and time | 19:18, 13 July 2012 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 1,002 px |
Image height | 1,249 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 12:46, 13 July 2012 |
Date metadata was last modified | 12:46, 13 July 2012 |
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- Bartholomew Dandridge
- 18th-century portrait paintings in the National Maritime Museum, London
- 1730s oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom
- 1730s portrait paintings from Great Britain (male)
- 1730s portrait paintings of men
- 18th-century oil portraits of standing men at three-quarter length
- Admirals of the United Kingdom
- Marine portraits
- Portrait paintings of men of the United Kingdom
- Portrait paintings of men with white allonge wigs
- Portrait paintings of standing men with left hand on hip
- Portrait paintings of standing men with right hand holding baton
- George Walton (Royal Navy officer)