Sir Henry Kellett

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Kellett joined the Navy in 1822. He spent five years in the West Indies and then served on survey vessels under William Fitzwilliam Owen in Africa, and as second-in-command on HMS Sulphur in the East Indies and in the Opium War with China (1840–1841). In 1845, he was appointed Captain of the survey ship HMS Herald, reassigned in 1848 to search for missing Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. During this voyage, he discovered Herald Island. In 1852, he commanded HMS Resolute and went to the aid of Robert McClure, whose vessel, Investigator, was trapped in the Arctic. Kellett became a rear admiral in 1854, and subsequently had commands in the West Indies and China.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Sir Henry Kellett

Date

exhibited 1856

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 39.4 x W 33 cm

Accession number

1222

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by John Barrow, 1899

Work type

Painting

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