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English: Portrait of George St Lo; bust to right, head to left, eyes to front, wearing large curling wig, to left sitter's arms with motto 'Proteo Contrarius'. 1704
Graphite on vellum
Depicted people Portrait of: George St Lo
Date 1704
date QS:P571,+1704-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium vellum
Dimensions
Height: 176 millimetres
Width: 147 millimetres (oval)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1890,0512.81
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Stainton & White 1987 A characteristic example of Forster's plumbago portrait drawings. George St Lo served in the Navy: he was captain of the 'Portsmouth' when he was severely wounded and captured by the French in 1689. In 1693 he was appointed a Commissioner of Prizes, and in the same year published a pamphlet, 'England's Safety, or a Bridle to the French King'. He became a Commissioner at Plymouth in 1695, and in this capacity was directed in 1697 to guard those at work on the construction of the first Eddystone Lighthouse; however, through his negligence in omitting to station a protection vessel, they were carried off by a French privateer. St Lo was Resident Commissioner at Chatham from 1703 to 1712 and then Commander-in-Chief of ships in the Medway and at the Nore until the accession of George I.

This drawing was issued as a coloured facsimile by the British Museum in 'Reproductions of Drawings by Old Masters in the British Museum', Part III, Published by the Trustees, in 1893 where it was number XIII and described there as 'Thomas Forster, Portrait of George ST.LO. Esq.'
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1890-0512-81
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