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A three-quarter-length portrait, almost full-face, in a blue coat with mariner's cuffs and a red waistcoat, both frogged with gold. He wears a short, white full-bottomed wig and holds a telescope in his right hand, his left hand resting on a cannon. The portrait was painted when the sitter was Vice-Admiral of the Red and Commander-in-Chief of the English Mediterranean fleet, from 1742 to 1744. The background shows the fleet at anchor in Hyères Bay, Toulon, with Lestock's flagship 'Neptune' (90 guns) and units of his squadron on the right; the stern of Mathews's flagship 'Namur' (90 guns) is on the extreme left of the picture. This portrait was painted just before his unfortunate encounter with the Franco-Spanish fleet off Toulon in which only one enemy ship was taken.
Title
Admiral Thomas Mathews (1676–1751)
Date
1743
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 127 x W 101.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2855
Acquisition method
National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection)
Work type
Painting
