Portrait of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth Bt. (1747-1817), three-quarter length, in Naval uniform, wearing the breast Star and Sash of the Order of Bath

细节

Sir William Beechey, R.A.* (1753-1839)
Portrait of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth Bt. (1747-1817), three-quarter length, in Naval uniform, wearing the breast Star and Sash of the Order of Bath
oil on canvas
56¼ x 45¼in. (142.8 x 115cm.)

来源

By descent from the sitter to his daughter,
Lady Duckworth-King.
with Thos. Agnew's, London, from whom purchased by A.C. Duckworth, by descent to G.A.V. Duckworth, Orchardleigh Park, Somerset; (+) sale on the premises, Christie's, Sept. 21, 1987, lot 216.
with Oscar and Peter Johnson, London.

出版

W. Roberts, Sir William Beechey, 1907, pp. 202 and 232.
A. Graves, A Century of Loan Exhibitions, 1914, V, p. 1778.

展览

Exeter, 1873, no 12.
London, Naval Exhibition, 1891.

刻印

Giovanni Vendramini.
George Clint.
Charles Turner.

拍品专文

A copy of the present painting is on loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (Concise catalogue of Oil Paintings in the National Maritime Museum, 1988, p. 83, no. BHC2664, fig. e).

John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817), was the son of the Rev. Henry Duckworth, Canon of Windsor. Educated at Eton, he left to join the Navy at the age of 11 coming under the care of Admiral Boscawen. Appointed as First-Lieutenant of HMS Diamond in 1776 he was sent to North America where he was embroiled in controversy over the accidental death of five sailors killed when a salute fired with shot hit a transport ship. On the outbreak of war with France he served under Lord Howe, seeing action off Ushant on June 1, 1794. In 1799 he was promoted to Rear-Admiral, serving under Lord St. Vincent, before being detached to reinforce Nelson at Naples. In June 1803 he was sent out as Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica, in which capacity he directed the operations that led to the surrender of General Rochambeau and the French army in San Domingo. From 1810-13 he was Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland and on his return to England he was created a Baronet, having been promoted to Admiral in 1810. From 1812 to his death in 1817 he was a member of Parliament for Romsey.

Payment for the present lot of 80gns. is recorded in the artist's account books as being received on June 7, 1810.