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A full-length portrait of Napier standing on rocks, with a fortress in the distance on the left. He is wearing a frock coat, white waistcoat and trousers. Instead of captain’s rings on the sleeves, the frock coat has three buttons and epaulettes. His cocked hat is worn transversely, and has two buttons on the strap. He gestures towards the fortress with his right arm and holds his dress sword with undress slings in his left. When in command of the ‘Recruit’ off Guadeloupe in 1809 he was largely responsible for the capture of the French ship ‘Hautpoult’. This so impressed his admiral that Napier was given command of her under her new name ‘Abercromby’. From 1811 to 1815 he commanded frigates on the west coast of Italy and the south of France with great success.
Title
Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786–1860)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 243.8 x W 152.4 cm
Accession number
BHC2875
Acquisition method
National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection)
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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