The Reverend Nicholas Tindal

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A three-quarter-length portrait, seated to the left and facing the right. He wears a gown, undershirt and the turban cap of a gentleman in informal dress, without his wig, and holds a book on his knees. Tindal was chaplain to Sir Charles Wager in the Baltic in 1726. At this time he also published the first of 15 volumes of his translation of Rapin's 'History of England'. This is denoted by the book that he holds and those on the shelves in the background to the right. He was later Chaplain to Greenwich Hospital.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

The Reverend Nicholas Tindal

Date

c.1726–1744

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 127 x W 101.5 cm

Accession number

BHC2316

Work type

Painting

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