IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 240053 accession number: P.15006-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 9 January 2020 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: After the painting by Lemuel Francis Abbott (c.1760-1802; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection; BHC2932). Admiral Sir Peter Parker (1721-1811) was a Naval officer and early patron of Lord Nelson. He was also MP for Seaford, East Sussex. He is seen full length turned towards the left, facing front, his right hand holding his Admiral's hat held out towards the left and his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword. He is portrayed at the Portsmouth Battery standing in front of a cannon, which points out to sea to the left of the picture. His flagship, the 'Royal William' is seen in the background on the sea to the left. The 'Royal William' was guardship (a warship employed as a stationary guard in a port or harbour) at Portsmouth in 1799. The Union flag flying at the main mast signifies Parker's rank as Admiral of the Fleet, a position which he attained on 16th September, 1799. (See catalogue entry on Royal Museums Greenwich website: https://prints.rmg.co.uk/products/admiral-sir-peter-parker-1721-1811-bhc2932; accessed January 9th 2019) title: print NOTES ----- type: history note value: VanSittart gave 1,485 engravings to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1879 and this mezzotint was probably included within this group. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Given by Augustus Arthur VanSittart, ?1879 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240053 TECHNIQUES ---------- mezzotint CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Green, Valentine maker: Green, Valentine maker: Abbott, Lemuel Francis