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'Portrait of Admiral Sir John Balchin', (1832). Creator: Unknown.
/2705876.jpg "'Portrait of Admiral Sir John Balchin', (1832). Creator: Unknown.")
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'Portrait of Admiral Sir John Balchin', (1832). 'Portrait of Admiral Sir John Balchin...In the Kings Arms Inn at Godalming. Created an Admiral 1727 and lost on the Victory 1744'. John Balchen (or Balchin, 1670-1744) was an officer of the British Royal Navy. He died in the shipwreck of the HMS 'Victory' off the Channel Islands during the War of the Austrian Succession. After a painting made c1705 which hung in the King's Arms Hotel in Godalming, Surrey, the town where he was born.
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People Information
Creator
- Unknown, attributed to: {}:
After
- John Baptist de Medina: Flemish, Spanish: Artist, painter, portraitist, illustrator
Subject
- John Balchen: English, British: Royal Navy officer, Admiral of the white
Category Hierarchy
Artistic Representations Portraits
History & Politics War & Military Military Figures & Personnel
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4151x5317
File Size : 64,661kb
Aliases
- 0580039207
- 2-705-876
- 2705876