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Description A George III carved and oil gilded, cheval firescreen, circa 1775 in the manner of Linnell, the cartouche shaped panel in the form of crossed palm fronds and now inset with a 19th century armorial panel with the motto 'Spectemur Agendo', the conforming supports with a crossed frond stretcher and splayed feet, 122cm high, 65cm wide, 30cm deepFootnote:The arms on the tapestry panel are identifiable as being of the illustrious Admiral Sir Edward Thornbrough (1754-1834) GCB and was likely supplied to him for his home Bishopteignton Lodge in Devon. Thornbrough was a senior, long-serving veteran officer of the British Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He saw action in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, being wounded several times and once captured by American forces after a shipwreck. During the wreck, his conduct towards American prisoners aboard his ship was considered so exemplary that the American authorities later released him without parole or exchange. During the later conflict, Thornbrough won praise for taking his frigate into the thick of the action at the Glorious First of June, towing the shattered HMS Bellerophon to safety after she was isolated by several French ships of the line. Later, Thornbrough became a senior admiral in both the Channel Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet under Cuthbert Collingwood, who held him in high esteem. He retired in 1818 and settled in Devon with his third wife, dying in 1834.He married three time: firstly in 1784 Anne Le Cras (died 1801), by whom he had an only son Edward Le Cras Thornbrough (1795-1857) later an Admiral in the Royal Navy. He married secondly in 1801 Elizabeth Jeynes (1775-1813) and in 1813 for the third time Frances Le Cras (died 1851) sister of his first wife both being daughters of Edward Le Cras Commander of the Royal Navy. Sir Edward was a descendant of John Thornb(o)rough (1551-1641) Bishop of Worcester.