Capitano Magnifico – A portrait of Sir John Gore

Image: Portrait of Sir John Gore, ‘British School’, oil on canvas, 177 x 147cm, BHC 2719. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. I was recently taken aback by a portrait in the National Maritime Museum of the Naval Captain Sir John Gore (1772-1836). The interconnectedness of artists and patrons of Georgian Britain never ceases to amaze. I……