An unidentified Master's Mate of the Royal Navy

Framed and glazed pastel drawing, comprising a half-length portrait of a Royal Naval master's mate, holding a telescope under his his right arm. He is turned to sitter's left but looking out at the viewer. A ship on a sea horizon is in the lower right corner, with the suggestion of a shore cliff to the lower left. On the back of the frame is a label which misleadingly reads: 'Adam Buck - Born Cork 1759 Died London 1833. Pastel - John Russell. Uniforms - Royal Navy - Master's mate (uniform which afterwards became sub - Lieutenant.)' According to Neil Jeffares (personal communication, 17 Dec. 2010) the artist is not John Russell, as this label suggests, but the Irish-born Adam Buck (whose dates are those given), and of whose work this is a characteristic example of probably just after 1800. The sitter is therefore an unidentified one. [PvdM 12/10]

Object Details

ID: PAJ3150
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Russell, John; Buck, Adam
Date made: circa 1800-1810
People: Fawssett, A. C.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Fawssett Collection
Measurements: Frame: 381 mm x 343 mm x 46 mm
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