Captain_John_Shortland.jpg
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Summary
Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q52227110
Joyce Gold
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q7344323
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Description |
English:
Captain
John Shortland
, 1769-1810. This print is based on a miniature of the sitter, now MNT0089, this copy being presented with it. It originally accompanied a memoir of Shortland published in the 'Naval Chronicle' for 1810, just after his death. The original was most probably painted at Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Field - who then worked there - probably in late 1807 or early 1808 since it shows only the right epaulette, indicating a captain of under three years' seniority. The engraver has here added the left epaulette, since Shortland was a senior captain by the time he died of wounds at Basseterre in the West Indies in January 1810. [PvdM 5/10]
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Date |
31 July 1810
date QS:P571,+1810-07-31T00:00:00Z/11
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Medium | stipple engraving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/107321.html |
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