Federal Period
c. 1797 Polychrome Wax Portrait: Admiral Earl St. Vincent
c. 1797 English Polychrome Hand-Colored Wax Portrait of British Admiral Earl St. Vincent, Shadowbox Display Framed, Choice Near New.
This early Hand-Colored Wax Portrait of Admiral Earl St. Vincent, Shadowbox framed. Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC (1735-1823) was an historic Admiral in the British Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his victory at the 1797 Battle of Cape Saint Vincent, from which he earned his titles, and as a patron of Horatio Nelson. The portrait is signed below the shoulder with an unidentified artist's signature. Handsome and excellent in detail and color having been protected within its frame. Matted upon a black background shown wearing this Naval Dress Uniform facing right. Housed in its older decorative gold painted wooden shadowbox frame with loop at top, measuring 5.5" x 6.75" and ready to hang upon display. Rare.
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC (9 January 1735 – 14 March 1823) was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Earl St Vincent served throughout the latter half of the 18th century and into the 19th, and was an active commander during the Seven Year's War, American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for his victory at the 1797 Battle of Cape Saint Vincent, from which he earned his titles, and as a patron of Horatio Nelson.