davidrbeatty

Sir David felt he was special, as can be seen his his using 6 buttons on his coat instead of the normal 8, and the tilt of his cap. Much had been written about him, a charismatic and controversial man with some well documented personal failings and prejudices and some critical mistakes during the Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland.

a portrait of Admiral David Beatty. Quite popular and with distinct flare, he was also impetuous and over-eager.He made some critical mistakes at the battle of Jutland that may have kept the British from routing the Germans.

www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_201592/Philip-Alexius-D... seems to show the original painting (and offers to supply a copy). www.bridgemanart.com/image.aspx?img=1583e991-9adf-4162-a6... suggests 1911 as the date for the painting. But there were clearly prints made too. See www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw122881/... I think the Bain photo may have been of a print rather than the oil painting.

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 04, 1914, SECTION FIVE, Image 58 reproduced a cropped version of this picture with the caption: "Admiral David Beatty is in command of one of the British squadrons in the North Sea. He is the youngest Admiral in the British navy. His wife is an American woman of great wealth. She was a daughter of Marshall Field, of Chicago." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1914-10-04/ed-1/se...