Jonas Wainwright, 'Queen'
Watercolour portrait of Lieutenant (later Captain) John ‘Jonas’ Wainwright (1772–1819) in profile to viewer’s left, depicted while serving in the ‘Queen’. He wears lieutenant’s full-dress uniform (1787–95 pattern) and his hair is tied in a queue.
Inscribed beneath the image are his name and the name of the ship: ‘Jonas Wainwright, Queen’. Innes joined the ‘Queen’ in June 1795. Another portrait mounted on the same page (PAH4935) depicts Thomas Norman of the Royal Marines, who also served in the ‘Queen’.
The sketch was made by Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844), who served alongside Norman and Wainwright as a lieutenant in the ‘Queen’. It is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) created by Hollis while serving in ‘Queen’ and in other ships, including ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90 and ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93. The album includes portraits of Hollis’s shipmates, often with humorous captions, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat.
Inscribed beneath the image are his name and the name of the ship: ‘Jonas Wainwright, Queen’. Innes joined the ‘Queen’ in June 1795. Another portrait mounted on the same page (PAH4935) depicts Thomas Norman of the Royal Marines, who also served in the ‘Queen’.
The sketch was made by Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844), who served alongside Norman and Wainwright as a lieutenant in the ‘Queen’. It is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) created by Hollis while serving in ‘Queen’ and in other ships, including ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90 and ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93. The album includes portraits of Hollis’s shipmates, often with humorous captions, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat.