A Sea Officer, circa 1675<br><p>A head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, in black with a dark brown full-bottomed wig. The background is plain brown with one fluke of an anchor appearing on the left, where it is also initialled 'JG'. Another version of this painting exists. 
</p><p>A pupil of Lely, Greenhill in his early work showed a dependence on his master that he later overcame. His early death by a drunken accident cut off a promising career.<br></p>
A Sea Officer, circa 1675
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Greenhill" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Greenhill"><span title="English portrait painter (1644-1676)">John Greenhill</span></a>
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circa 1675 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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