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A full-length portrait of Sir Hugh Palliser, Admiral of the White, turning slightly to the right in captain's uniform (over three years seniority), 1767–1774. He stands cross-legged, leaning on the plinth of a column, holding his hat in his right hand. The background includes a ship at sea. From 1764 to 1766, when he was a Captain, Palliser was Governor of Newfoundland, where James Cook, who had served under him earlier, was employed charting the coast. He was subsequently Comptroller of the Navy and then second-in-command to Augustus Keppel at the Battle of Ushant in 1778. His conduct there and a subsequent court martial over the issue of whether he had failed to obey his chief's signals for support, divided the Navy at a time of great national peril and resulted in the refusal of some of the best flag officers to serve.
Title
Captain Hugh Palliser (1723–1796)
Date
before 1775
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 243.9 x W 152.4 cm
Accession number
BHC2928
Acquisition method
National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection)
Work type
Painting
