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| Keywords: Gustavus Hamilton, 1710-46, 2nd Viscount Boyne, and Friends in a Ship's Cabin.jpg en A copy of a conversation piece by Nazari featuring Gustavus Hamilton Lord Boyne and a group of his friends in the cabin of their ship while sailing from Venice to Lisbon Boyne was making the Grand Tour during this time Boyne is seated on the left of the painting seen sitting sideways in full-length With him are believed to be the third Earl of Carlisle with white hair standing to the left and holding a drinking mug in his left hand Behind him is the master of the ship Sir Francis Dashwood stands to the right and behind him is another figure possibly Lord Middlesex A cat emerges from under the table indicated by Boyne's foot The Earl of Carlisle's right hand rests on a volume of 'Don Quixote' while the master points to a crown compass hanging from the deckhead Dashwood points to a chart showing the Straits of Bonifacio the route the ship will follow Lord Middlesex holds a shepherd's pipe The table is covered with a Turkey cloth and has a large bowl of punch between 1731 1732 http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/14041 html Collections of the National Maritime Museum Creator Bartolomeo Nazari Oil on canvas cm 66 81 5 Institution National Maritime Museum BHC2567 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Bartolomeo Nazari 18th-century group portraits Ship interiors Grand Tour Francis Dashwood 11th Baron le Despencer Earls of Carlisle Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Males with cats in art | ||||
