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A three-quarter-length portrait facing slightly to right in a brown cloth coat and waistcoat, the coat lined with pink silk. Both have gilt buttons with gold embroidered buttonholes. He wears a dark brown full-bottomed wig and holds a sword in his right hand. The 'Torbay', 80 guns, is in the left background, red at the fore, with boats around her. Sir Thomas Hopsonn is best remembered for his services at Vigo Bay in 1702, when as vice-admiral of the red squadron in the 'Torbay', he broke the boom and led the allies into the French fleet, taking a principal and very gallant part in the ensuing action. Hopsonn was left to bear the enemy's fire until the supporting ships could hack their way through the boom to assist him. The 'Torbay' was severely damaged and would have perished by fire if the explosion of a Spanish ship alongside, laden with snuff, had not partially extinguished the flames.
Title
Sir Thomas Hopsonn (1642–1717)
Date
1705–1708
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 127 x W 101.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2782
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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