Overall: 68cm (27in) x 56cm (22.5in)
Mezzotint. Three-quarter length portrait of Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough, standing to front on board a yacht, holding a telescope with both hands, wearing boat cloak and uniform of the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron; sailing boats at sea in background. Lettered below the image with title, 'From a Picture in the Possession of the Royal Yacht Squadron, / printed at the reqest of the Members, / as a mark of Affection & Esteem for the Commodore.', 'Painted by H.P. Briggs, R.A. / Published May 8th 1841 by John Bates, for the Royal Yacht Squadron, R. Y. S. House, Cowes. / Engraved by G.R. Ward, / 31 Fitzroy Square.’ Plate: 42x33cm. Framed and glazed.
Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough (1781-1846) was one of the founders of the Royal Yacht Squadron and its first Commodore. He lived at Appuldurcombe House on the Isle of Wight, which had been inherited by his wife Henrietta from her uncle, Sir Richard Worsley. He died aboard his yacht at Vigo in Spain in 1846. There are two monuments to him: one at Culver Down on the Isle of Wight and Pelham's Pillar at Caistor, Lincolnshire, which county he represented in Parliament from 1807 to 1823.