. English: A Merchant Captain (possibly John Elton) with Elton's Quadrant A three-quarter-length portrait facing to left in a blue coat edged with white fur. The sitter also wears a yellow waistcoat with buttons at an angle across the front. He has a hanger (short hunting sword) thrust into a green sash and on his head he wears a peaked fur hat. He holds an Elton quadrant and stands against a background of rocks. The prominence given to the experimental quadrant may indicate that the sitter is Elton himself or someone closely associated with him, possibly Captain Walter Hoxton. He was captain
. English: A Merchant Captain (possibly John Elton) with Elton's Quadrant A three-quarter-length portrait facing to left in a blue coat edged with white fur. The sitter also wears a yellow waistcoat with buttons at an angle across the front. He has a hanger (short hunting sword) thrust into a green sash and on his head he wears a peaked fur hat. He holds an Elton quadrant and stands against a background of rocks. The prominence given to the experimental quadrant may indicate that the sitter is Elton himself or someone closely associated with him, possibly Captain Walter Hoxton. He was captain of the ship 'Baltimore' and tested Elton's quadrant on a voyage from the Thames to Maryland and back in 1730. There is a merchant ship on the right. The artist was an English painter and illustrator of Dutch origin, and son of John Vanderbank the elder, a tapestry-weaver in Soho, London, who died in 1717. He was a successful portrait painter who had studied at Sir Godfrey Kneller's academy from its foundation in 1711. With Louis Cheron, he also founded an art academy in St Martin's Lane in 1720, where great emphasis was placed on life-drawing. In the 1720s the academy attracted sitters and Vanderbank's included Isaac Newton (1725) as well as royal commissions. He is also thought to have influenced William Hogarth and was a book illustrator. The painting is signed 'Jn° Vanderbanck fec' bottom right. A Merchant Captain with Elton's Quadrant . circa 1730s. John Vanderbank (1694–1739) Alternative names Jan van der Banck (Bonck or Banc) Description English portrait painter Date of birth/death 9 September 1694 23 December 1739 Location of birth/death London London Work location London; France ( - 1727); London (1727 - 1739) Authority control : Q2053900 VIAF:?167762804 ISNI:?0000 0001 1509 9531 ULAN:?500118832 LCCN:?nr92033079 WGA:?VANDERBANK, John the Younger WorldCat 131 A Merchant Captain (possibly John Elton) with Elton's Quadrant RMG BHC3128
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