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A three-quarter-length portrait of Graydon wearing a brown velvet coat and brown full-bottomed wig. He holds a baton in his right hand as he leans against a rock. His left hand rests on the hilt of his sword. There are distant ships on the horizon in the left background. Graydon commanded the ‘Saudadoes’ at Bantry Bay in 1689 and the ‘Hampton Court’ at Barfleur in 1692. As a flag officer during the War of the Spanish Succession, he took part in the British victory at Vigo Bay 1702 and was responsible for conveying the captured ships on the voyage home. He was Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies 1703, the same year that he commanded an attempt to take the French settlement of Placentia in Newfoundland. This failed largely due to sickness and foul weather.
Title
Vice-Admiral John Graydon
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 126.5 x W 101.6 cm
Accession number
BHC2723
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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