Portrait of a Naval Captain by Martin Archer Shee (1769)

Oil portrait of a man in a dark blue naval uniform with gold epaulette and white cravat, against a dark background.

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This oil portrait of a Naval Captain by Martin Archer Shee, dated 1769, shows a man with powdered grey hair wearing a dark blue uniform with gold braid, a gold epaulette, and brass buttons, with a white frilled cravat at the neck. The sitter is depicted in half-length against a dark, mottled background with visible craquelure on the painted surface.

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1769

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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