Admiral Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 8 11/16 in. (30 × 22 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2004
Accession Number
2004.475.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Admiral Sir Fleetwood Brought Reynolds Pellew (1817) is a graphite drawing by Jean Auguste Dominiquegres, the French Neoclassical master renowned for his exquisite precision and lifelike. Captured on wove paper measuring 11 13/16 × 8 11/16 inches, this intimate study depicts the British naval officer—son of the famed Admiral Edward Pellew, Exmouth—in a moment of poised dignity. Ingres, then based in Rome after the Napoleonic era, likely created this during Pellew's travels, blending French elegance with British military gravitas. Ingres' technique shines here: his fluid yet incisive graphite ...
About the Artist
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Admiral Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew · 1780–1867
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born on 29 August 1780 in Montauban, in the Tarn-et-Garonne region of southern France, into a family with deep artistic and musical connections — his father was a painter, sculptor, and musician. He showed exceptional promise from childhood, enrolling at the Académie Royale in Toulouse where he studied under the sculptor Jean-Pierre Vigan, the landscape painter Je...