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Vice Admiral Sir Charles Napier.
[after John Simpson.]
London: Published March 1st 1854, by Somers & Isaacs, 67 Houndsditch.
Mezzotint. 370 x 285mm (14½ x 11¼"), with large margins.
Admiral Sir Charles John Napier (1786-1860) was a British naval officer whose sixty years in the Royal Navy included service in the Napoleonic Wars, the American War and the 'Hundred Days' War. the Syrian War and a period commanding the Portuguese navy in the Liberal Wars. This portrait was published just as he was given command of the fleet in Baltic campaign of the Crimean War, which turned out to be a poisoned chalice: his Navy career ended when the Admiralty made him the scapegoat when the press raged about the lack of results. An innovator concerned with the development of iron ships, and an advocate of humane reform in the Royal Navy, he was also active in politics as a Liberal Member of Parliament and was probably the naval officer most widely known to the public in the early Victorian Era.
See Ref: 12605 for lithograph.
[Ref: 52188] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after John Simpson.]
London: Published March 1st 1854, by Somers & Isaacs, 67 Houndsditch.
Mezzotint. 370 x 285mm (14½ x 11¼"), with large margins.
Admiral Sir Charles John Napier (1786-1860) was a British naval officer whose sixty years in the Royal Navy included service in the Napoleonic Wars, the American War and the 'Hundred Days' War. the Syrian War and a period commanding the Portuguese navy in the Liberal Wars. This portrait was published just as he was given command of the fleet in Baltic campaign of the Crimean War, which turned out to be a poisoned chalice: his Navy career ended when the Admiralty made him the scapegoat when the press raged about the lack of results. An innovator concerned with the development of iron ships, and an advocate of humane reform in the Royal Navy, he was also active in politics as a Liberal Member of Parliament and was probably the naval officer most widely known to the public in the early Victorian Era.
See Ref: 12605 for lithograph.
[Ref: 52188] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)