Sir Edward Belcher
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Edward Belcher
by Stephen Pearce
circa 1859
15 1/2 in. x 13 1/8 in. (394 mm x 333 mm)
NPG 1217
This portraitback to top
Belcher is wearing the full-dress uniform (1856 pattern) either of a naval captain with over three years service, or of a commodore (1st or 2nd class), and (from left to right) the China Medal (1842), the order of the Bath (CB), the Naval General Service Medal (1793-1840), with two bars for 'Gaieta 24 July 1815' and 'Algiers', and the Arctic Medal (1818-55). These medals, and Belcher's KCB star and badge, are now in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Physical descriptionback to top
Healthy complexion, blue eyes, grey hair and whiskers. Dressed in a dark stock, white shirt, dark blue naval uniform, with gold-braided collar and epaulettes, gilt buttons, silver medals and a white star with multi-coloured ribbons. Background colour dark brown.
Exhibitionsback to top
RA, 1859 (43); Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, 1891 (46).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
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