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]

"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