Sr. John Lockhart Ross Bart. Vice Admiral of the Blue

An oval bust-length portrait of John Lockhart Ross (1721–1790) in captain’s undress uniform, 1748–1767, with his right arm raised. Lettered beneath the image with the sitter’s coat of arms and the title: ‘Sr. John Lockhart Ross, Bart. Vice Admiral of the Blue.’ Also lettered with the production details and publication line, ‘Sir Jos. Reynolds pinx. 1760 / Ridley sc. / Pub. by Bunney & Gold Shoe Lane. Aug. 1 1801.’ This portrait was engraved by William Ridley after Joshua Reynolds’s oil painting of 1760–2 (private collection). It was published by Joyce Gold and John Bunney on 1 August 1801 as an illustration in the ‘Naval Chronicle’, volume 6, opposite page 1, where it appeared alongside ‘Biographical Memoirs of Sir John Lockhart Ross, Bart. Vice-Admiral of the Blue’ (pp. 1–25). (Updated May 2019.)

Object Details

ID: PAH5892
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ridley, William; Bunney & Gold Reynolds, Joshua
Date made: 1 Aug 1801
People: Ross, John Lockhart
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 228 x 144 mm