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A three-quarter-length portrait to the right in a leather coat and breastplate, with a red and gold sash round his waist. He wears the ribbon of the Garter over his right shoulder to which is attached the Lesser George. His hair is worn long and his right hand rests on a cannon. He stands against a wall with purple drapery on the left and there is a ship on fire on the right. Montagu's friendship with Cromwell assured his advancement and in 1656 he was appointed joint General-at-Sea with Blake and later in sole command of the fleet in the Downs. After the death of Cromwell and the fall of his son Richard, Montagu transferred his allegiance to Charles II. He commanded the fleet which fetched Charles from Holland in 1660, for which he was created Earl of Sandwich.
It is one of the 'flagmen' portraits of which others were seen by Pepys in Lely's studio on 18 April 1666. His diary entry notes this and two others (of Smith and Penn) as not yet begun. Sandwich had then already left to be Ambassador at Madrid, so the portrait could not have been finished until 1668 unless Lely worked from old sketches or drawings.
Title
Flagmen of Lowestoft: Edward Montagu (1625–1672), 1st Earl of Sandwich
Date
c.1666
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 127 x W 101.6 cm
Accession number
BHC3007
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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