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A three-quarter-length portrait to left in a rust-red velvet coat with silver embroidered buttonholes and buttons. He has a brown full-bottomed wig and is leaning on a gun barrel, holding his baton in both hands. In the left background is a three-decker in action, with a blue flag at the mizzen. He commanded the 'Kent', 70 guns, on Rooke's expedition to Cadiz in 1702, which was one of the ships that destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet in Vigo Bay. In 1704 while serving on the 'St George', 96 guns, he played a conspicuous part in the action with the French off Malaga, for which he was knighted. Jennings was regarded as one of the greatest seamen of his age, despite having few opportunities to distinguish himself as a fighting fleet commander.
This portrait is one of nine by Kneller and seven by Michael Dahl commissioned by Queen Anne and her husband and Lord High Admiral, Prince George of Denmark, of the leading admirals of her reign (1702–1714). When presented to Greenwich Hospital in 1824 by George IV, the set also included a three-quarter-length portrait of George himself in Garter robes by Dahl.
Title
Admiral Sir John Jennings (1664–1743)
Date
1708–1709
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 126.5 x W 122 cm
Accession number
BHC2805
Acquisition method
National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection)
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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