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A three-quarter-length portrait to the left wearing a brown silk coat, red sash and holding a baton in his right hand. The background consists of trees and rocks on the right, with ships in the distance on the left. Ayscue fought for Parliament during the Civil War and against the Dutch in 1652. He then went into Swedish service but returned to England after the Restoration of Charles II. At Lowestoft in 1665 he was Rear-Admiral of the Blue, commanding in the rear division. In 1666 he surrendered the 'Royal Prince', 92 guns, to the Dutch when she ran aground on the Galloper shoal at the Four Days' Fight and he was thus the only English flag officer ever to be captured in the Dutch wars, or subsequently. The painting is inscribed 'Sir George Ayscue'.
Title
Flagmen of Lowestoft: Admiral Sir George Ayscue (active 1646–1671)
Date
1665–1666
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 127 x W 101.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2522
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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