Half-length portrait sketch of a Royal Naval rear-admiral

A half-length portrait of a portly Royal Naval officer in uniform turned to viewer's right, with his hans tucked in his jacket pockets.The rings on the sleeve combined with the braid on the cap peak and the sketch of a rear-admiral's flag top right (a St George's red cross with two red balls in the hoist) suggest the rank of this otherwise unidentified sitter.

Object Details

ID: PAD9949
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Date made: 1914-18 (?); 1914-1918?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 178 mm x 126 mm