Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, K.B. [graphic] : from an original picture by Sir William Beechey, R.A. in the possession of the Earl of St. Vincent / drawn by W. Evans ; engraved by E. Bocquet.

[London] : Published May 10, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London, [10 May 1813]

1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; sheet 37.9 x 29.3 cm

wove paper.

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.

"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.

English

October 31, 2023

Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 555, no. 1