Lot 1617 , Valentine Green after Lemuel Francis Abbott, mezzotint, 'The Right Honble Lord Hood, Admiral of the Blue, And Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean', published by Abbott 1795, visible sheet, 66 x

Valentine Green after Lemuel Francis Abbott, mezzotint, 'The Right Honble Lord Hood, Admiral of the Blue, And Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean', published by Abbott 1795, visible sheet, 66 x 46.5cm, maple framed
£100-150
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724 – 1816) was an admiral in the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of Antelope, he drove a French ship ashore in Audierne Bay, and captured two privateers in 1757 during the Seven Years' War. He held senior command as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station and then as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station, leading the British fleet to victory at Battle of the Mona Passage in April 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, then First Naval Lord and, after briefly returning to the Portsmouth command, became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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