File:William Wright, 1656-1735 RMG BHC3103.tiff
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Summary
Michael Dahl: William Wright, 1656-1735
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William Wright, 1656-1735  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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portrait |
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| Description |
English: William Wright, 1656-1735 At the Battle of Barfleur in 1692 Wright was flag captain in the ‘Duke’ to Rear-Admiral Carter, who was killed in the action. He fought at La Hogue a few days later and continued to serve afloat until the accession of Queen Anne when he became a commissioner at the Victualling Office. The following year he went as commissioner at Plymouth, and later at Lisbon. He returned to his original office in 1708, but was dismissed for ‘irregularities and improper conduct’ three years later. He is shown wearing a blue coat with gold laced buttonholes and a light brown full-bottomed wig. In his left hand he holds a pair of dividers over a celestial globe. In the right background there is a ship. There is a later inscription: ‘WILLIAM WRIGHT Esq./ A commissioner of His Majesty’s Navy/ Father of ELIZABETH MORRIS/ B.1665 D.1735’. |
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| Date | circa 1705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 1380 mm x 1126 mm x 65 mm;Painting: 1270 mm x 1015 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC3103 |
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| Notes | Production: attributed to. Acquisition method: Macpherson Fund. Acquisition: lot 51. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: 1931-7 id number: BHC3103 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 16:29, 4 October 2017 |  | 3,110 × 3,800 (33.81 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings (1705), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14576 #2320 |
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