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George Knapton: Admiral Sir John Norris, 1670/71-1749  wikidata:Q50914785 reasonator:Q50914785
Artist
George Knapton  (1698–1778)  wikidata:Q5541385
 
Alternative names
G. Knapton; Knapton
Description English portrait painter
Date of birth/death 1698 Edit this at Wikidata December 1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Kensington
Work location
Rome (1725–1732); London; Padua (1732) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q5541385
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Title
Admiral Sir John Norris, 1670/71-1749 Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Admiral Sir John Norris, 1670/71-1749 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Admiral Sir John Norris, 1670/71-1749 Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Admiral Sir John Norris, 1670/71-1749

A three-quarter-length portrait to right in a brown coat and grey full bottomed wig. His left elbow rests on a stone plinth in front of a rocky outcrop. His left hand is on his sword hilt and his hat under his arm. In the right background is a ship wearing the Admiralty flag.

Norris fought at the Battle of Malaga in 1704 and as captain of the fleet at the taking of Barcelona in 1705 was sent hom with the despatches. In 1715 he started a long service in the Baltic, first protecting Anglo-Dutch traders, then in command of an Anglo-Dutch and Russian fleet against the Swedes. Finally from 1719 to 1721 he commanded an Anglo-Danish-Swedish fleet against the Russians. At an advanced age, during which time this portrait was painted, he commanded the Channel fleet from 1729 to 1744, in the War of Jenkins's Ear and the early part of that of the Austrian Succession, although he never had an opportunity to come to grips with an enemy fleet. The picture was presented to Greenwich Hospital in 1797 by his granddaughter.

Admiral Sir John Norris, circa 1660-1749
Date circa 1735
date QS:P571,+1735-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Frame: 1456 mm x 1220 mm x 77 mm;Painting: 1270 mm x 1015 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC2912
References
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14385
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Greenwich Hospital Collection number: GH90
Loan File Number: Y2000.023
file number: 4G10.031
id number: BHC2912
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Oil paintings

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