Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, 1871-1936

A life sketch for the painting of a group of officers, 'Naval Officers of World War I', 1921, at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG1913), by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope. This sketch is a half-length portrait of David, 1st Earl Beatty, facing left, and wearing undress uniform. He received the surrender of the German fleet in 1918, and was both promoted First Sea Lord and Admiral of the Fleet (in 1919) by the time of this portrait. The other officers in the finished portrait include Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Bt; Sir Horace Hood; Sir John Michael De Roebeck, Bt; Roger Keyes, first Baron Keyes; Sir Cecil Burney, Bt; Sir Trevylyan Napier and Louis Alexander.

Object Details

ID: BHC2537
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Display - QH
Creator: Cope, Arthur Stockdale
Date made: 1920
People: Beatty, David
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Frame: 849 mm x 722 mm x 70 mm;Overall: 11.6 kg;Painting: 762 mm x 635 mm