Flagmen of Lowestoft: Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Myngs (1625–1666)

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A three-quarter-length portrait of Sir Christopher Myngs in a dark brown silk coat with thin strips of gold. The scabbard of his sword hangs on a heavy gold baldric, or sash, which he holds in his left hand. The half-drawn sword is held in his right hand. The right background consists of rock and foliage and a ship in action appears on the left. Myngs was described by Pepys as a 'very stout man, and a man of great parts, and a most excellent tongue among ordinary men'. In the Second Dutch War he fought as a flag officer at the Battle of Lowestoft in 1665, and the Four Days' Fight in 1666. On the fourth day he was heavily engaged with De Liefde when he was shot through the throat. He remained standing on deck compressing the wound with his fingers until he fell, shot again through the neck.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Flagmen of Lowestoft: Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Myngs (1625–1666)

Date

1665–1666

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 124 x W 101.7 cm

Accession number

BHC2874

Acquisition method

National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection)

Work type

Painting

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