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A half-length portrait to left in vice-admiral's undress uniform, 1787–1795 and a white tie wig. In 1758, when captain of the 'Montagu', 60 guns, he succeeded in driving ashore the 'Oriflamme', 50 guns, near Cartagena and later in the same year he was one of the four naval captains captured on the beach of St Cast Bay after the St Malo debacle. He led the van in the 'Monarch', 74 guns, at Keppel's action off Ushant in 1778 and went out the same year to the West Indies as commodore of a large convoy. His initiative during Byron's unfortunate action off Grenada in 1779 was the best thing of a bad day. He fought as a flag officer at the first two actions between the British under Rodney and the French under de Guichen, in the West Indies in 1780, but shortly afterwards became Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica.
Title
Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley (1734–1790)
Date
1787–1788
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2985
Work type
Painting