Portrait of a captain, ca.1740

A three-quarter-length portrait to the left showing the unidentified sitter in a brown coat and a white, gold-frogged waistcoat, wearing a grey wig. His right hand is on his hip; his left elbow rests on a cannon and he carries a telescope in his left hand. He stands on a shore with a rocky cliff to the right; a two-decker ship firing a salute (?) is on the left.

Object Details

ID: BHC3140
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: British School, 18th century
Date made: 18th century
People: Baldwin, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Painting: 1270 mm x 1016 mm