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A full-length portrait to left in admiral's full-dress uniform, 1795–1812, wearing the ribbon and Star of the Bath and the St Vincent medal. Jervis's right hand rests on his sheathed sword in front of him. Behind him is a large gilded table, covered with a red cloth, bearing on the right his hat and telescope and, on the left, an inscribed letter. To the left of this is a chair with a large rolled map leaning against it, and beyond a large terrestrial globe. Through a large window on the left, ships of the British fleet in Lisbon harbour are visible. On the right, a rostral column has been positioned. The portrait was painted in Lisbon during his last sea command in 1806. In 1797 he won a crushing and much needed victory over the Spanish off Cape St Vincent.
Domenico Pellegrini was born in Venice, studied in Rome and came to England in 1792, where he gained a considerable reputation as a portrait painter. When the French occupied Portugal in 1807, he found himself in Lisbon where he stayed to paint portraits. The portrait is signed and dated 'Dco Pellegrini fct 1806 Lisbon'.
Title
Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823), 1st Earl of St Vincent
Date
1806
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 237.5 x W 147.5 cm
Accession number
BHC3003
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
D. Pellegrini 1806
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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The Opera Box Tabley House -
General the Honourable Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole (1772–1842), GCB National Trust, Florence Court -
Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769–1839) National Maritime Museum -
Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823), 1st Earl of St Vincent National Maritime Museum -
William Huntington National Portrait Gallery, London -
William Huntington (1745–1813) West Sussex Record Office