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| Keywords: Joseph Sydney Yorke.jpg en A half-length portrait of Sir Joseph Yorke Admiral of the Blue when a captain and wearing a captain's under three years undress uniform 1787-95 He is facing almost full-front with his head turned towards the left with his left arm outstretched His jacket has gold braid and gold naval buttons and he wears a necktie In the background the inclusion of the sea denotes his naval career According to a memorial for Yorke's wife Admiral Yorke was accidentally drowned 'by the upsetting of a boat on the 5th of May 1831 ' Even in this small half-length the pose has a dynamic tension often characteristic of Danloux's work His best known portraits in which this is even more apparent are the large full-lengths of Admiral Duncan victor of Camperdown 1797 now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and of Admiral Lord Keith taking the Cape of Good Hope in 1796 Bowood House Wiltshire http //www nmm ac uk/collections/displayRepro cfm reproID BHC3104 picture 1 content The National Maritime Museum Henri Pierre Danloux circa 1787 -95 PD-old Portrait paintings of men of the United Kingdom Admirals of the United Kingdom Portraits of men in naval uniforms of the United Kingdom Henri-Pierre Danloux People looking left Golden buttons in art | ||||
