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| Keywords: Alexander Hood Bridport.jpg Painting Creator Lemuel Francis Abbott Admiral Alexander Hood 1727-1814 1st Viscount Bridport 1795 Oil on canvas cm 127 101 6 Institution NMM Caird Fund BHC2571 <small> A three-quarter-length portrait facing left wearing an admiral's undress uniform of 1787-95 and the KGB Admiral Hood was third in command at the Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794 On 23 June 1795 while commanding the Channel Fleet he fought a partial action with the French fleet off the Ile de Groix capturing three of their ships This event is implied in the portrait since Hood's right hand is outstretched towards the action Versions of this portrait also exist in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art New Haven Connecticut and the Fogg Art Museum Cambridge Massachusetts Abbot ™s preliminary oil sketch is BHC2572 </small> National Maritime Museum other versions <gallery>Alexander-hood-viscount-bridport jpg engraving</gallery> PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT 1795; Alexander Hood by Abbott Lemuel Francis Abbott 18th-century portrait paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Alexander Hood 1st Viscount Bridport 1795 oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom Portrait 1795 portrait paintings from Great Britain Male 18th-century oil portraits of standing men at three-quarter length wearing military uniforms Left hand on hip in portrait paintings Marine portraits Pointing with the index finger in portrait paintings Portrait paintings of men with swords Star of the Order of the Bath in portrait paintings | ||||
