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Description: | Marble bust of Commander Henry Caldwell on an integral square base inscribed on the front ' Commodore Caldwell CB ADC / MDCCCLXVIII [1868]'. The sitter is shown head and full shoulders in full-dress commodore's uniform, including epaulettes, ADC's sash, star of the Order of the Bath and a medal bearing the head of Queen Victoria, possibly the Baltic medal. His hair is brushed back and he wears long mutton-chop side-whiskers.
The bust was presented to the Museum in October 1942 by Caldwell's descendant, Commander and Mrs Derek Cooper of Sudbury, Suffolk.
Inscription. On a square socle.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Caldwell busts Commodore Henry | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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