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A half-length portrait of Keith, facing to the left, and standing on the deck of his ship ‘Monarch’. A view of Cape Town and Table Bay can be seen in the left background. He is wearing a vice-admiral’s undress uniform, although the roll collar has been incorrectly painted, together with the star and riband of a KB. He first saw service in the Seven Years War and served almost continuously until the end of the American War of Independence. His most notable action during this time was the capture of the Dutch gun ship ‘Rotterdam’, when he was in command of the ‘Warwick’. In 1793 he was in charge of the land force that captured Fort La Malgu during Admiral Hood’s taking of Toulon. The portrait commemorates his command of the expedition which captured the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch in 1795.
Title
Admiral Lord George Keith Elphinstone (1746–1823), 1st Viscount Keith
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76.2 x W 63 cm
Accession number
BHC2815
Acquisition method
National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection)
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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