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Description: | A three-quarter length portrait to left in an admiral?s frock coat and wearing the stars of the G.C.B. and G.C.V.O. Moore holds a telescope in his right hand and his left holds the hilt of his sword. On a table behind him are a number of charts and dividers. The artist has signed and dated the portrait in a corner of the chart on the table.
At the taking of the Suez Canal in 1882 Moore was the commander in the ?Orion? which played a leading role. He was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1898-1901, Commander in Chief at the cape 1901-04, number two in the Channel Fleet 1904-05, commander in Chief in China 1906-08 and at Portsmouth 1911-12. The painting dates from this last period and is signed and dated ?E.I. van Someren 1913?.
caption: Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore (1847-1934) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Moore Arthur William paintings | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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