An oval bust-length portrait of John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent (1752–1820) in admiral’s full-dress uniform, 1795–1812, with the ribbon and star of the Order of the Bath. The portrait is surrounded by a thick frame. Lettered beneath the image with the title, ‘The Right Hon. Earl St. Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet, G.C.B. &c. / Engraved by Permission from an Original Picture by Sir W. Beechey R.A. in the possession of Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker G.C.B. &c.’ Also lettered with the engraver’s name and the publication line, ‘G. Cook scul. / London, Richard Bentley, 1851.’ This portrait was engraved by G. Cook after a version of William Beechey’s oil painting of c. 1801. The prime version of the painting is in the Guildhall Art Gallery but this print is based on another version, which was owned in the mid-nineteenth-century by Admiral Sir William Parker, as noted in the print’s inscription. The print was published by Richard Bentley in 1951. (Updated June 2019.)
Technique includes etching.