File:Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee, 1699-1750 RMG BHC2591.tiff
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[edit]Thomas Hudson: Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee, 1699-1750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q1502003 |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee, 1699-1750 Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee is shown in flag officer’s full dress uniform, 1748–1767, and a short white full wig. The portrait was at some point inscribed ‘Adml. Byng’ but this attribution of the sitter is now considered incorrect. Lee was the son of Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, 1664-1718. She was a illegitimate daughter of Charles II and Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. He entered the Navy in 1717 and commanded the 'Pembroke', 60 guns, in the Mediterranean, 1738-42. In 1746 he went as Commodore and Commander-in-Chief at the Leeward Islands, where the complaints of his drunken habits and neglect of duty are, though not substantiated, at least supported by his general reputation. Although the painting is inscribed as Byng it is unlikely to be the same man as shown in BHC2590, the three-quarter length by Hudson, presented by Lord Strafford in 1942 (signed and dated 1749). The current painting was bought at the Dillon Sale at Sotheby's, lot 29, 24/5/1933. On the day before the sale Geoffrey Callender, NMM director designate, wrote to Sir James Caird 'It appears that the NPG has for long been anxious to obtain a portrait of the celebrated Byng. Such being the case the Director (Hake) has scrutinised most carefully the portrait of Byng to be sold at the Dillon sale. After the fullest investigation, he has decided that it is not Byng at all but a second portrait of Admiral Lee at a more advanced age.' The earlier portrait of Admiral Lee to which Hake referred is of Fitzroy Henry Lee (1699-1750), unidentified artist and painted about 1725 or a little earlier (BHC2838). This portrait was also in the Dillon sale, lot 30, and has a painted inscription in the same hand as the 'Byng'. The painter, Hudson, was both pupil and son-in-law of another notable portraitist, the elder Jonathan Richardson, and was in turn the early master in London of Joshua Reynolds. Regarded as a safe man for a dignified and flattering likeness, he was the leading society portraitist of his time, with a huge practice. |
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Date | Mid 18th century | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 762 mm x 635 mm; Frame: 910 mm x 780 mm x 75 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC2591 |
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Notes |
The sitter is unlikely to be Byng. It is difficult to reconcile this portrait with BHC2590, the three-quarter length by Hudson, presented by Lord Strafford in 1942 (signed and dated 1749). BHC2591 was bought at the Dillon Sale at Sotheby's, lot 29, 24/5/1933. On the day before the sale Geoffrey Callender, NMM director designate, wrote to Sir James Caird 'It appears that the NPG has for long been anxious to obtain a portrait of the celebrated Byng. Such being the case the Director (Hake) has scrutinised most carefully the portrait of Byng to be sold at the Dillon sale. After the fullest investigation, he has decided that it is not Byng at all but a second portrait of Admiral Lee at a more advanced age.' The earlier portrait of Admiral Lee to which Hake referred is of Fitzroy Henry Lee (1699-1750), unidentified artist and painted about 1725 or a little earlier (BHC2838). This portrait was also in the Dillon sale, lot 30, and has a painted inscription in the same hand as the 'Byng'. |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14065 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1933-8 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P73, 451 id number: BHC2591 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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