Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, K.B. from an original picture by Sir William Beechey, R.A. in the possession of the Earl of St. Vincent / [graphic]

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Title: Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, K.B. from an original picture by Sir William Beechey, R.A. in the possession of the Earl of St. Vincent / [graphic]
Creator: Bocquet, E., active 19th century, printmaker
Contributor: Beechey, William, Sir, 1753-1839, artist.
Evans, William, active 1797-1812, artist.
Cadell & Davies, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 May 1813]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published May 10, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Abstract: "Portrait of Sir Samuel Hood, half-length, slightly turned to the right, one hand on his hip, dressed in gold-laced naval uniform with epaulettes upon his shoulders, the star of an order upon his breast and a medal hanging from a thick ribbon about his neck, a sash across his breast, a black stock about his neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 623 (leaf numbered '60' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 37.9 x 29.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English