Admiral Edward Russell, 1652-1727, 1st Earl of Orford<br><p>In 1692 Russell commanded the Anglo-Dutch fleet at the five-day Battle of Barfleur and the destruction of the French fleet at La Hogue following the action, thus halting Louis IV’s invasion plans (see scenes of the battle: BHC0331, BHC0337 and BHC0338).
</p><p>Russell is shown wearing a grey velvet coat with gold embroidered button holes, and a brown full-bottomed wig. His right hand rests on a globe on the left, his finger indicating the north French coast. To the right on a table is a letter inscribed ‘To the Right Honourable the Earle of Orford’. The portrait is signed ‘G Kneller’ and was painted about 1710.<br></p>
Admiral Edward Russell, 1652-1727, 1st Earl of Orford
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Godfrey_Kneller" class="extiw" title="w:en:Godfrey Kneller"><span title="painter from Germany active in the Great Britain (1646-1723)">Godfrey Kneller</span></a>
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circa 1710 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1710-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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