Sir Henry Kellett
25 of 64 portraits by Stephen Pearce
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Henry Kellett
by Stephen Pearce
exhibited 1856
15 1/2 in. x 13 in. (394 mm x 330 mm)
NPG 1222
This portraitback to top
Kellett 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), with (from left to right) the Arctic Medal (1818-55), the Bath (CB) and the China Medal (1842).
Physical descriptionback to top
Healthy complexion, greyish eyes, grey hair and whiskers. Dressed in a dark stock, white shirt, and dark blue naval uniform with gold-braided collar and epaulettes, gilt buttons, white enamel star and silver medals with multi-coloured ribbons. Background colour brown.
Exhibitionsback to top
RA, 1856 (37); Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, 1891 (47).
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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