Coloured photogravure print, including the lined surround and title at the bottom, as given above: it is probably that published on Dodd's series 'Admirals of the British Navy' (1917). The sitter is shown almost three-quarter length in the uniform day dress of an admiral, seated facing forward in a wooden armchair, with papers held on his crossed knees. He appears relaxed, with a slight smile of bemusement at sitting for such a drawing. Jellicoe entered the Navy as a cadent in 1872, served in the Egyptian campaign of 1882 and became a gunnery specialist. He was also one of the survivors of the collision between the battleships 'Victoria' and 'Camperdown' in the Mediterranean in 1893. In 1900 he was Chief of Staff on the international overland expedition that relieved the European legations in Peking during the Boxer Rising. He also played an important role in the modernization of the Navy under Admiral John Fisher. As Director of Naval Ordnance, 1905–07, and Controller of the Navy, 1908–10, he promoted the new 'Dreadnought' battleships, and torpedo boats and submarines. In November 1911, he was appointed second-in-command of the British Grand Fleet, and on the outbreak of the First World War, became its commander. He led it in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 but was criticized for his defensive attitude towards sea warfare and in late 1916 was replaced by Sir David Beatty, who had been under him at Jutland. He became First Sea Lord until his dismissal by the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, on 24 December 1917, following a disagreement about the introduction of convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic. After the war Jellicoe was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1919, became Governor of New Zealand, 1920–24, and was created Earl Jellicoe in 1925. Jellicoe's later life was impaired by both deteriorating sight and severe deafness, a consequence of his professional involvement with gunnery both in peace and war. The Museum also has a 1933 oil portrait of him by Thomas Monnington (BHC2804), originally intended for the Naval gunnery school at Portsmouth, HMS 'Excellent'.