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A three-quarter-length full-face portrait in rear-admiral's full dress uniform of 1832 to 1833 with the ribbon and star of the GCB and holding a telescope in his left hand. This striking and powerful image has conveyed the impression of a ship, with rigging visible top right and a cannon bottom right, on the breech of which Hardy's telescope rests. The background implies dark swirling clouds, which enhance the dramatic effect. Hardy is best known as Nelson's friend, flag-captain and commander of 'Victory' at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. He had come to Nelson's notice during the Nile campaign in 1798 as a young Commander in the brig 'Mutine', was promoted to become First Sea Lord in 1830 and became Governor of Greenwich Hospital in 1834, the date of this painting.
The painting was presented to the Hospital by his widow Louisa, Lady Hardy, in 1840. Hardy had daughters but no son, so his baronetcy died with him and his name has only descended in his collateral family.
Title
Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769–1839), Bt, Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Date
1834
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 143.5 x W 113.7 cm
Accession number
BHC2746
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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