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George Phillips Towry (1729–1817)

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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The sitter is shown half-length, seated, turned to his left wearing a plain blue coat with brass buttons, against a neutral brown background with an opening to viewer's right, beyond which is a sketchy sunset sea view. He wears either a wig or his own hair dressed and powdered, has blue eyes and strong features. He was the son (or brother) of Captain Henry John Phillips, a Royal Naval officer who in 1760 adopted the additional surname of Towry on inheriting the property of his uncle, Captain John. George was himself commissioned as a naval lieutenant in February 1757, so had then already spent some years at sea. He presumably came ashore on inheriting what must have been a reasonable estate in or after 1762. He became one of the Naval Victualling Commissioners from 2 October 1784, and Deputy Chairman of the Victualling Board on 4 November 1803. He remained so to his death on 12 March 1817, aged 83.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

George Phillips Towry (1729–1817)

Date

c.1800

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

BHC3058

Work type

Painting

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