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Henry Wyatt: Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes (1778-1853)  wikidata:Q50877107 reasonator:Q50877107
Artist
Henry Wyatt  (1794–1840)  wikidata:Q5730554
 
Alternative names
h. wyatt
Description British painter
English painter
Date of birth/death 17 September 1794 Edit this at Wikidata 27 February 1840 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lichfield Prestwich
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creator QS:P170,Q5730554
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Title
Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes (1778-1853) Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes (1778-1853) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes (1778-1853) Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes (1778-1853)

Half-length, small-format oil painting, showing the sitter facing out to the viewer in captain's full-dress uniform 1833-43, wearing the orders of a Companion of the Bath and the foreign knightly orders of King Carlos III of Spain, the French Legion d'Honneur, of St Anne of Russia and the Redeemer of Greece.

Fellowes was one of a variously talented family of whom some account is given in relation to MNT0202, a miniature of his brother William Dorset Fellowes. He first served as a midshipman in the East India Company, then entered the Navy as a master's mate. Promoted lieutenant in 1803 and captain in 1811 he spent the rest of the Napoleonic War in small ships. In 1827, commanding the 'Dartmouth', he led the fireships at the Battle of Navarino against the Turks, and saved the French flagship 'La Sirene' from being burnt. He was knighted on return to England in 1828 and was Rear-Admiral of the White at the time of his death.

This portrait was purchased for the Museum by Sir James Caird in 1936, from the same member of Fellowes family from whom he previously obtained the miniature mentioned above. It was then unattributed but is identified as by Henry Wyatt (1794-1840), and dated 1836, in the NMM 'Preliminary Catalogue' of oil portraits, 1961.
Date 1836
date QS:P571,+1836-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Frame: 360 mm x 307 mm x 64 mm; Painting: 406 mm x 254 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC2687
Notes

Within the Museum’s Loans Out Policy there is a presumption against lending panel paintings. Please consult Registration for further details.

For some reason, and though clearly obtained as an oil, this item was at some point recorded (in connection with MNT0202 of the sitter's brother) as a miniature (380-36) which has led to previous confusion.
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Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14161
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Acquisition Number: 1936-28
OPLN: 55
id number: BHC2687
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