Painted by Coates. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
Published Jan.ry 1796.
Etching with stipple, proof before title, printed in brown ink. 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼").
Edward Hawke (1705 - 1781), 1st Baron Hawke, a Royal Navy officer remembered for his service during the Seven Years' War and in particular his victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, preventing a French invasion of Britain. After Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770). The plate was used in Vol. 6 of 'Biographia Navalis' (J. Charnock, London, 1794-8).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18231]  £180.00