File:Captain Thomas Baillie, c. 1725-1802 RMG BHC2523.tiff
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Nathaniel Hone the Elder: Captain Thomas Baillie, c. 1725-1802 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nathaniel Hone, the Elder |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Captain Thomas Baillie, c. 1725-1802 A three-quarter-length seated portrait very slightly to right, showing Baillie wearing captain's full-dress uniform, 1774-87 and a grey tie wig. His sword hangs above his head in the top left of the painting. He became Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital in 1774, having been a captain in the Hospital since 1761, and his right hand points to his report on administrative abuses at the Hospital which is open to reveal the words 'Greenwich Hospital'. On the table to the left are two ink-wells and a pen, and a piece of paper with the inscription, 'Lt Govn Baillie'. His left hand gestures in an explanatory manner, acknowledging to the viewer that the purpose of the portrait is to commemorate his lieutenant-governorship. This was short and stormy. On gaining the post, but with longstanding knowledge of the Hospital already, he took action against what he saw as a catalogue of abuses, notably by Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty who was one of the Directors. His report on these, shown here on the table, was only privately circulated but led to his dismissal and trial for libel, from which he was exonerated in 1778 by the brilliant defence of a young lawyer, Thomas Erskine - later an eminent Lord Chancellor. This portrait and James Watson's mezzotint derived from it (which bears an anti-Sandwich inscription, see PAG6442) mark his vindication. |
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Date |
1779 date QS:P571,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 914 mm x 737 mm; Frame: 1140 mm x 960 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC2523 |
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Notes | Signed and dated 1779. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Greenwich Hospital Collection number: GH121 Loan File Number: Y2000.023 file number: 4G10.031 id number: BHC2523 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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