File:Captain George Johnstone (1730-1787) RMG BHC2808.tiff
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[edit]anonymous: Captain George Johnstone (1730-1787)
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British School, 18th century |
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Captain George Johnstone (1730-1787)  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
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portrait |
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| Description |
English: Captain George Johnstone (1730-1787) A half-length portrait to left in captain’s uniform. Although bald, Johnstone does not wear a wig. He appears to be gesturing with his right finger on his left thumb. This is from an original portrait by Henry Raeburn which was painted 1768-74 and also an enlargement from a miniature of the Henry Raeburn by John Bogle. In 1747 Johnstone reportedly duelled with Captain Cruikshank and wounded him. Ten years later he killed the captain’s clerk in a duel and was courtsmartialled for insubordination. In 1763 he was appointed governor of West Florida. He returned home in 1768 and went into Parliament ‘where his total want of fear and his adroitness with a pistol made him a useful addition to his party.’ After 19 years ashore he was given command of a small expedition against the Cape of Good Hope. |
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| Date | 18th century | |||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 1175 mm x 932 mm x 80 mm;Painting: 915 mm x 710 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC2808 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14281 | |||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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 | Acquisition Number: 1934-17 id number: BHC2808 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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