Portrait of gentleman, traditionally identified as Captain Philip Saumarez (1710-1747), half-length, in a brown coat, a coastal landscape beyond

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JOHN WOLLASTON THE YOUNGER (LONDON 1710-1775 BATH)
Portrait of gentleman, traditionally identified as Captain Philip Saumarez (1710-1747), half-length, in a brown coat, a coastal landscape beyond
oil on canvas
50 x 40 ½ in. (127 x 103 cm.)
in the original frame

Provenance

M. Bernard, Ryder Street, London; Christie's, London, 11 May 1951, lot 134, as 'Hudson' (16 gns. to Rosedale).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 January 1987, lot 166, as 'Circle of Thomas Hudson'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 April 2011, lot 240.

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Lot Essay

Captain Philip de Saumarez (1710-1747) was a British naval officer who captained the HMS Nottingham, most famous for its capture of the French ship Mars in 1743. Saumarez was the original designer of the first naval officer uniforms for the Royal Navy but sadly was killed in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre before his designs were realised. He is buried in Westminster Abbey where his monument was sculpted by Sir Henry Cheere.

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