Edward Vernon (1684-1757) Admiral

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall

Portrait painter Charles Philips was born in London; the son of Richard Philips (c.1681–1741), a minor painter who probably taught him. Philips produced small individual portraits, group portraits and conversation pieces. His patrons included Algernon, Seventh Duke of Somerset and the Duchess of Portland. As the 1730s progressed his conversation pieces became more elaborate, with an increasing number of sitters participating in more varied activities. In 1737, Frederick, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Augusta, sat to Philips for full-length portraits. In the same year the painter married Mary Francis and soon afterwards moved to Great Queen Street, near Lincoln's Inn Fields. Philips died in London, at about the age of 39.

People

Edward Vernon (1684 - 1757)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, sea, man, 18th century costume, coat, wig, baton, admiral, ship

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Charles Philips (1708 - 1747)

Title

Edward Vernon (1684-1757) Admiral

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 127.00 cm, width: 101.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Margaret Galloway, December 1955

Inscription

Sbr

Provenance

Purchased from Margaret Galloway 1955

GAC number

3399