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Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Calder, 1745-1815 Artist Lemuel Francis Abbott Date 1797 Repro ID BHC2593 Materials oil on canvas Measurements Painting: 762 x 635 mm Credit line National Maritime Museum, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection On display? No [Please call the E-Library to check on +44 (0)20 8312 6516] Buy this print

A three-quarter-length portrait facing left, wearing a rear-admiral's uniform of 1795-1812, together with a white toupée and the First of June medal.

Robert Calder was First Captain to Admiral Sir John Jervis at the Battle of St Vincent in February 1797. As such, he was knighted at St James's in March 1797, the year when this painting was produced.

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