A three-quarter-length portrait to the right showing Waters in his major’s full dress uniform of the Royal Marines, 1830–53, with his right thumb thrust into his coat.
Frederick Waters was a midshipman in the 64-gun ‘Monmouth’ under the Earl of Northesk. The ship mutinied at the Nore in May 1797. Waters resisted the mutineers and was badly treated, being lashed three dozen times and, with four other officers, towed around the fleet. After seeing action at the Battle of Camperdown, he transferred to the Royal Marines – the move a direct result of his treatment during the mutiny. He went on to serve in the West Indies and was promoted major in 1830.