Portrait of a lieutenant, ca.1780

A half-length portrait to the left, showing the unidentified sitter in lieutenant’s uniform (1768–87 patter), wearing his own hair powdered. The portrait was acquired as being of Thomas Trotter (1760–1832), physician to the fleet and pioneer of antiscorbutic treatment using citrus juice. However, at the time of painting, Trotter would have worn the uniform of a surgeon’s mate.

Object Details

ID: BHC3115
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: British School, 18th century
Date made: 18th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Painting: 752 mm x 622 mm x 26 mm