File:Admiral Sir Francis Geary, 1709-10-1796 RMG BHC2707.jpg
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[edit]George Romney: Admiral Sir Francis Geary, 1709/10-1796 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Admiral Sir Francis Geary, 1709/10-1796 A full-length portrait to right wearing flag officer's full-dress uniform, 1767-83, a tie wig and holding his hat and cane in his right hand. There is a pentimento which indicates the hat was originally on his head and the picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1782. A rear-admiral under Hawke in 1759, Geary had the misfortune to miss the Quiberon Bay action that November. In May 1780 he succeeded to the command of the Channel fleet on the death of Sir Charles Hardy, during a critical period of threatened French invasion, but was forced to give up the command for health reasons the following August. In this painting he stands on the battery at Portsmouth, with the fleet anchored in the left background including the 'Victory', 100 guns, as his flagship. Both the background and the ships are believed to be by Dominic Serres. There is a modern inscription in the left foreground. The artist was an important portrait painter of the late-18th century, generally ranked third after Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. He was in Paris in 1764 and in 1773 moved to Italy for two years, where he became interested in history paintings in the elevated and élitist 'Grand Manner'. This developed into improving upon nature and the pursuit of perfect form. At its best his work demonstrated refinement, sensitivity and elegance, although it could also be repetitive and monotonous. As a society painter he typified late-18th-century English artists who, compelled by the conditions of patronage to spend their time in producing portraits, could only aspire to imaginative and ideal painting. By 1780 Romney's portraits, according to Horace Walpole, were 'in great vogue' and he worked in an increasingly neo-classical style. |
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Depicted people | Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1782 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 2415 mm x 1475 mm; Frame: 2655 mm x 1738 mm x 110 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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BHC2707 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14181 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: OP1952-12 id number: BHC2707 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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