# Admiral Thomas Mathews

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ARNULPHY, Claude](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/arnulphy-claude-r11c15b8bc33c46>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm

## Commentary

This is one of four surviving portraits Arnulphy painted of officers of a Royal Navy fleet lying off Toulon between 1742 and 1744. Thomas Mathews \(1676-1751\) was a British officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of admiral. Arnulphy painted this portrait while Vice-Admiral of the Red and Commander-in-Chief of the English Mediterranean fleet, 1742-44. In the background is Hyères Bay, Toulon.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of a Gentleman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/arnulphy-claude-r11c15b8bc33c46/portrait-of-a-gentleman-re2f8cd2bf74344>)

## Attribution

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