File:Admiral Sir Frederick Richards, 1833-1912 RMG BHC2964.tiff

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Arthur Stockdale Cope: Admiral Sir Frederick Richards, 1833-1912  wikidata:Q50862198 reasonator:Q50862198
Artist
Arthur Stockdale Cope  (1857–1940)  wikidata:Q4800371
 
Arthur Stockdale Cope
Alternative names
Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope; A. S. Cope; Sir Arthur Cope; Sir Cope
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 2 November 1857 Edit this at Wikidata 5 July 1940 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q4800371
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Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
Title
Admiral Sir Frederick Richards, 1833-1912 Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Admiral Sir Frederick Richards, 1833-1912 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Admiral Sir Frederick Richards, 1833-1912 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lfi,"Amiraali Sir Frederick Richards (1833-1912)"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Admiral Sir Frederick Richards, 1833-1912

This three-quarter length portrait shows Richards standing to right. He wears an admiral of the fleet’s full dress uniform, with the ribbon and star of the GCB.

He was the first captain of HMS ‘Devastation’ in 1873, the Navy’s first mastless capital ship, where he remained until 1877. He then became Commodore of the Cape Station and commanded a small Naval Brigade against the Zulus in 1879. As Flag Officer in 1895 he created another brigade to fight in Burma. He is most notable for preparing an important report on naval manoeuvres and requirements in the event of war. This largely prompted the Naval Defence Act of 1889 and revolutionised the navy. Among other things, it laid down the principle that the Navy should be equal to the combined force of any other two Navies. As First Sea Lord from 1893 to 1899 he was able to see the changes carried through. His six years in office marked a period of regeneration and modernisation. He was also the force behind the extensions to the home dockyards and the creation of new ones abroad. The portrait marks the end of Richards’s time as First Sea Lord and is signed and dated ‘A.S Cope 1900’. It was painted by subscription in the fleet and presented to the nation the same year it was given to the Greenwich Hospital Collection.

Admiral Sir Frederick Richards
Depicted people Frederick Richards Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1900
date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Painting: 1270 mm x 1015 mm; Frame: 1545 mm x 1295 mm x 140 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC2964
Notes Inscribed "From the Navy to the Nation".
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Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14437
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Greenwich Hospital Collection number: GH111
Loan File Number: Y2000.023
file number: 4G10.031
id number: BHC2964
Collection
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Oil paintings

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