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A Model of the 'Royal George'. A portrait of a model of the 'Royal George', 100 guns, in starboard view. It has been depicted fixed to a table base featuring classical figure decoration and a label on the long side that reads 'Roy
1779
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1725-86. (Updated, January 2016) A three-quarter-length portrait to left wearing flag officer's undress uniform, 1767–83. His outstretched right hand rests on his sword and his left hand is positioned in his breeches po
1779
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Clark Gayton, 1712-1784/5. A three-quarter-length portrait to left in flag officer's full-dress uniform, 1767-83, of blue coat with gold braid, white waistcoat decorated in gold trim, and a white wig. In the background to the left, behind Gay
1779
National Maritime Museum

Admiral the Honourable Samuel Barrington, 1729-1800. A half-length portrait to left, wearing flag officer's full-dress uniform 1767-83, with wide lapels faced with white and embroidered with gold braid. He wears a grey wig or powdered hair and there
1779
National Maritime Museum

Captain Robert Man, circa 1748-1813. A half-length portrait to left in captain's (over three years) full-dress uniform 1774-87. Man wears a white wig with black ribbon visible and holds his hat under his arm. In the background a British frigate flyin
1779
National Maritime Museum

Captain Thomas Baillie, c. 1725-1802. A three-quarter-length seated portrait very slightly to right, showing Baillie wearing captain's full-dress uniform, 1774-87 and a grey tie wig. His sword hangs above his head in the top left of the painting. He
1779
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of an unknown gentleman (previously identified as Nevil Maskelyne). Although acquired as a portrait of Nevil Maskelyne, fifth Astronomer Royal at Greenwich (1765 -1811), the late Derek Howse, former Head of Astronomy at NMM and Maskelyne's b
1779
National Maritime Museum

The cutter 'Fly' and other vessels. A portrait of the 'Fly', 16 guns, in port-broadside view. She is shown heading south in the Downs (off the east coast of Kent) on the starboard tack, flying a pre-1801 Union jack on the end of her bo
1779
National Maritime Museum

The Indiaman 'Royal George' in three positions in the Downs, 1779. Three views of the Indiaman 'Royal George' in the Downs, off the east coast of Kent. The ship is depicted at anchor on the right in starboard-bow view, being approached
1779
National Maritime Museum

HMS Pearl and the Santa Monica, 14 September 1779. Shortly after commissioning the British ship ‘Pearl’ Captain George Montagu was cruising off Fayal in the Azores when early in the morning he saw and chased a sail. After several hours he was
1805
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The 'Quebec' and 'Surveillante' in Action, 6 October 1779. The British and French frigate action represented in this painting was desperately fought. The frigates were accompanied by cutters, the 'Quebec', 32 guns, by the �
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National Maritime Museum