. English: Admiral Samuel Hood, 1724-1816, 1st Viscount Hood A half-length portrait to right, wearing flag officer's full-dress uniform, 1767-83, and white wig. The background consists of blue sky and the lower half forms a painted oval. Hood served under Sir George Rodney in the West Indies and as commander of the rear squadron at the Battle of the Saints, 1782, he received the surrender of de Grasse, the French Admiral. In 1793, when Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, he occupied Toulon. This was his last active service before he became Governor of Greenwich Hospital until his death.
. English: Admiral Samuel Hood, 1724-1816, 1st Viscount Hood A half-length portrait to right, wearing flag officer's full-dress uniform, 1767-83, and white wig. The background consists of blue sky and the lower half forms a painted oval. Hood served under Sir George Rodney in the West Indies and as commander of the rear squadron at the Battle of the Saints, 1782, he received the surrender of de Grasse, the French Admiral. In 1793, when Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, he occupied Toulon. This was his last active service before he became Governor of Greenwich Hospital until his death. The artist was a pupil and assistant of Reynolds and practised portraiture at Plymouth until 1777, when he went to Italy to study, before settling in London in 1781. There is another version of this portrait in the City of Manchester collection. The NMM version is signed and dated 1784 on the back. Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 . 1784. James Northcote (1746–1831) Description English portrait painter Date of birth/death 22 October 1746 13 July 1831 Location of birth/death Plymouth London Work location London (1771 - 1777); Rome (1777 - 1780); London (1781 - 1831) Authority control : Q3161307 VIAF:?54417213 ISNI:?0000 0000 8133 5187 ULAN:?500003564 LCCN:?n86143755 NLA:?35391327 WorldCat 267 Admiral Samuel Hood, 1724-1816, 1st Viscount Hood RMG BHC2774
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