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The Right Honble Lord Hood, Admiral of the Blue, And Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean: P.81-1950

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Right Honble Lord Hood, Admiral of the Blue, And Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean
Portrait of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Publisher: Abbott, Lemuel Francis
Painter: Abbott, Lemuel Francis (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Purchased from the Perceval Fund, October 1950

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1950)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1795

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Painted by L.F. Abbott" and "Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine." and "Engraved from the Original Picture, Painted for the Chamber of Parliament of Corsica, at the unanimous request of the house" and "London, Published by L.F. Abbott Caroline Street Bedford Square Decr. 1st 1795".

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.81-1950
Primary reference Number: 206155
Chaloner Smith: 66
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 18 August 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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