Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Maurice Suckling (1725-1778), Comptroller of the Navy; uncle of Lord Nelson

c.1760?
Painting by an unidentified artist, half-length, his own thin hair, wearing captain’s undress uniform. Thomas Suckling, Barsham Hall, 1905 (listed by Farrer 1928, I, p 62, no.13). Engraved W. Ridley 1805 (Naval Chron.) with Suckling arms (per pale gu. and az. a three bucks trippant or; crest a roebuck courant az.).


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, 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.