Painted classical style plaster bust of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington on a round socle, by an unknown maker. The sitter is shown in old age, with short hair and side-whiskers and facing slightly left and downwards.

Codrington entered the navy in 1783, became a lieutenant ten years later and served in Howe's flagship 'Queen Charlotte' at the Battle of I June 1794. He became a captain in 1795, and his continuing active career included command of the 'Orion' at Trafalgar in 1805. He became a rear-admiral in 1814. Sent out as commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean in 1827, he was required to collaborate with the French and Russians in enforcing a ceasefire between the Turks and the Greeks, who were rebelling against their Turkish overlords in the Greek War of Independence. He later briefly commanded the Channel squadron in 1831 and was commander in chief at Portsmouth 1839-42.
The bust was presented to the Museum in August 1947 by the sitter's great-grandson, Colonel G. Codrington, CB, DSO, OBE.