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A full-length portrait of James Saumarez in vice-admiral’s full dress uniform. He wears the ribbons and stars of the Bath and the Swedish Order of the Sword, and the medals of the battles of St Vincent and the Nile. He is shown standings on a shore leaning on his fighting sword. At the very beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, Saumarez, was in the ‘Crescent’ when he captured the French frigate ‘Reunion’ for which he was knighted. He commanded the ‘Orion’ at the battle of St Vincent, 1797 and was second-in-command to Nelson at the battle of the Nile in 1798. As a rear-admiral he commanded a detached squadron and in 1801 attacked a small French squadron lying under the guns of the shore battery in Algeciras Bay. When the French sailed, reinforced by a Spanish squadron, Saumarez was able to follow them and defeat them.
The painting is a copy made in 1862 by Edwin Williams of the original portrait by Thomas Phillips and is inscribed ‘Edwin Williams after Thos Phillips RA 1862’.
Title
Vice-Admiral James Saumarez (1757–1836)
Date
1862
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 238.7 x W 149.8 cm
Accession number
BHC3010
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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