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A three-quarter-length portrait to left in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform, 1795–1812. He is depicted wearing cuffs and buttons that are incorrect for a rear-admiral of this period. Ball commanded the 'Alexander', 74 guns, under Nelson in the Mediterranean, whose flagship he saved from being wrecked in a storm. After participating in the Battle of the Nile, 1798, he was engaged in the blockade of Malta and became the civil commissioner and thus in effect the governor there, when it surrendered in 1801. He wears the Nile medal. His left arm cradles a telescope and he is leaning against a cannon while his right hand holds the lower end of the telescope. The harbour visible in the background to the left is probably Valletta. Pickersgill studied under the landscape artist George Arnald, 1802–1805, and entered the Royal Academy school in 1805.
Title
Rear Admiral Sir Alexander John Ball (1757–1809)
Date
1805–1809
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 127 x W 101.6 cm
Accession number
BHC2528
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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