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Description: | This portrait is thought to represent Philip Durrell, who joined the Royal Navy in 1721 at the age of fourteen. By 1760 Durrell had reached the senior rank of Rear Admiral of the Red. It was at this time the German artist Johan Zoffany came to Britain and began his rapid rise to fame as both a portraitist and a painter of theatrical conversation pieces. It is likely the artist made this portrait during his first years in Britain; certainly before Durrell's death in 1766 and possibly before he was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Blue in 1762. | Subjects: | portrait (Philip Durrell 1707-1766) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Zoffany, Johann (German painter, 1733-1810, active in England) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8502... | Go to resource |
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