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A half-length portrait, slightly to the right, in a blue coat and buff waistcoat, both edged with gold lace, the coat having a mariner's cuff. He wears a tie-wig. Scott was promoted by Admiral Thomas Mathews in August 1743 to be Captain of the 'Rochester' (50 guns) in Mathew's Mediterranean fleet of 1742 to 1744, which spent much of its time in Hyères Bay blockading Toulon, thus allowing this French artist time to paint a number of British officers involved. Scott was sent off on an independent service, and so missed the main action against the Franco-Spanish fleet in February 1744. Later in the year, he moved to the 'Essex' (70 guns) after her captain, Norris, had been relieved to face a court-martial. In 1747 Scott distinguished himself commanding the 'Lion' (60 guns) in Hawke's destruction of L'Etenduere's squadron off Cape Finisterre.
The French-born artist worked exclusively as a portrait painter and spent most of his working life in Provence. This is one of a group of portraits he painted of English naval officers while Mathews' fleet was at Hyères Bay. Given Scott's movements it may have been started in 1743 but finished at Villefranche between 21st February and 22nd March 1744, and it is signed and dated 'C. Arnulphy pinxt 1744'.
Title
Captain Arthur Scott (1718–1756)
Date
1744
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 91.5 x W 71 cm
Accession number
BHC3017
Work type
Painting
