Naval Officers of World War I
2 of 20 portraits of David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
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Naval Officers of World War I
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1921
104 in. x 202 1/2 in. (2641 mm x 5144 mm)
Given by Sir Abraham ('Abe') Bailey, 1st Bt, 1921
Primary Collection
NPG 1913
On display at Old War Office, London
Artistback to top
- Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope (1857-1940), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 17 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair (1865-1945), Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 4th Bt (1864-1916), Rear-Admiral. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936), Admiral. Sitter in 20 portraits. Identify
- Sir Osmond de Beauvoir Brock (1869-1947), Admiral. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Sir Montague Edward Browning (1863-1947), Admiral. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Bt (1858-1929), Admiral of the Fleet. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Bt (1871-1956), Admiral. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Sir Christopher Cradock (1862-1914), Admiral. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir John Michael de Robeck, Bt (1862-1928), Admiral of the Fleet. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Sir (Frederick Charles) Doveton Sturdee, 1st Bt (1859-1925), Admiral. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas (1862-1928), Admiral. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Sir William Edmund Goodenough (1867-1945), Admiral. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Sir Horace Hood (1870-1916), Rear-Admiral. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), Admiral. Sitter in 19 portraits. Identify
- Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872-1945), Admiral. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson (1868-1929), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (Prince Louis of Battenburg) (1854-1921), Admiral of the Fleet and German prince. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- Sir Charles Edward Madden, 1st Bt (1862-1935), Admiral. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- Sir Trevylyan Napier (1867-1920), Vice-Admiral. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Sir William Pakenham (1861-1933), Admiral. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Bt (1870-1951), Admiral of the Fleet. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, Baron Wester Wemyss (1864-1933), Admiral of the Fleet. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 714
Placesback to top
- Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Admiralty Board Room, Whitehall, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1921back to top
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Mr M.E. Reed
13 May 2021, 00:51
Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope and Sir Oswald Birley were both members of the Royal Academy. Birley was "saved from obscurity" by a one-off exhibition: 'Power & Beauty: The Art of Sir Oswald Birley’ held at Philip Mould & Co. in 2017. Whilst Cope and Birley painted leading politicians, militarians and royalty, they also undertook a number of portraits of local county council and institutional leaders. Cope painted a portrait of Leeds Lord Mayor Charles Lupton, Chairman of the Leeds General Infirmary (1900-1921). Lupton was also painted by Birley around the same time - 1921 - when Lupton's long tenure as chairman was finishing. Lupton's relative, Henry Dubs Middleton, was also the Chairman of the Leeds General Infirmary (1928-1932) which had recommended Cope and/or Birley also paint Middleton's portrait. In 1929, the 37th annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London presented works by both Cope and Birley. The two artists shared "artistic understandings"; Cope's 1919 portrait, ' The Right Honourable T. F. Halsey (1839–1927), Chairman of Quarter Sessions and Hertfordshire County Council' is credited as being "after Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley".