Lot 1646 , Charles Turner after Sir William Beechey R.A., mezzotint, 'John Earl of St Vincent, Admiral of the Red and General of Marines', published 1816, visible sheet 60.5 x 44cm

Charles Turner after Sir William Beechey R.A., mezzotint, 'John Earl of St Vincent, Admiral of the Red and General of Marines', published 1816, visible sheet 60.5 x 44cm
£100-150
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC (1735 – 1823) was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Jervis served throughout the latter half of the 18th century and into the 19th, and was an active commander during the Seven Years' 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. Despite having a fierce reputation for discipline his crews had great affection for him, calling him Old Jarvie.

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