Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave

Sitterback to top

• Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (1744-1792), Naval commander. Sitter in 8 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Unknown artist. Artist associated with 6232 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Mulgrave was a naval officer who, in 1773, commanded a voyage to discover a route through the Arctic to the Pacific. Posed with an ice-spear, as the men in the background haul a ship across the ice, this portrait records their struggle with the ice flows around the North Pole.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 352
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 447

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Beningbrough Hall
• Transport and vehicles