James Cornewall

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James Cornewall had a fairly undistinguished naval career before being killed in 1744 when his legs were shot away by a cannon ball. Despite this he was the subject of the first funeral monument erected by the government in Westminster Abbey. Horace Walpole commented that 'in the present dearth of glory' Cornewall 'is canonized, though poor man! he had been tried twice the year before for cowardice'. This is the only known portrait of Cornewall, painted in the decade before his death. To the right is a view of a ship at full sail. The sitter rests his hand on a globe indicating his voyages with the Navy in Africa and Europe.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

James Cornewall

Date

1730s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 127.6 x W 101.6 cm

Accession number

5323

Acquisition method

Given by C. A. South, 1980. On long-term loan to Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire

Work type

Painting

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