File:Sir Richard Grenville (1541?-1591) RMG BHC2726.tiff
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[edit]anonymous: Sir Richard Grenville (1541?-1591)
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British School, 19th century |
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Sir Richard Grenville (1541?-1591)  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
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portrait |
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| Description |
English: Sir Richard Grenville (1541?-1591) A three-quarter length portrait, to the left, in embossed half armour and red trunk hose. Grenville is shown holding a baton in his right hand. In the left background is a plumed close helmet. In 1585 he commanded the fleet which his cousin, Sir Walter Raleigh, had organized to colonize Virginia. On the return journey he captured a Spanish ship and pillaged the Azores. He was second in command of the Azores Fleet under Lord Thomas Howard which hoped to capture the Spanish treasure fleet in 1591. The English fleet was nearly caught at the Azores by a much superior Spanish fleet but escaped except for Grenville, who, it is thought from bravado, engaged the Spanish and fought for 15 hours against 15 ships. He then surrendered and died of his wounds. The ‘Revenge’ his flagship, sank shortly afterwards. The painting is inscribed ‘Ano Dni Aetatis suae 29’ ‘Killed in a sea fight near the Azores’. It is a copy of a contemporary original by an unknown artist. The original is lost and there is another version of this portrait in the National Portrait Gallery. |
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| Depicted people |
Richard Grenville |
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| Date | 19th century | |||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 1292 mm x 1040 mm x 66 mm;Painting: 1120 mm x 840 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC2726 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14200 | |||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1948-70 id number: BHC2726 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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