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Summary
Sydney Hodges: Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood,1824-1901, Baron Hood of Avalon
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| Author |
J. Sydney Willis Hodges |
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| Title |
Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood,1824-1901, Baron Hood of Avalon  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre |
portrait |
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| Description |
English: Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood,1824-1901, Baron Hood of Avalon The grandson of Captain Alexander Hood (1758-98), he entered the navy when he was 12. He fought with the Naval Brigade in the Crimean War, 1854-55. In 1885 he became First Sea Lord, but left the Admiralty when he reached the age of 65 in 1889. The portrait is signed and dated 1891, the year in which it was exhibited at the Royal Academy. J. Sydney Willis Hodges (1829-1900) was a successful society portrait painter. |
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| Date | 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 1270 mm x 1015 mm; Frame: 1635 mm x 1385 mm x 140 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC2771 |
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| Notes | Signed and dated 1891. Acquisition method: vote. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14244 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: OP1956-3 id number: BHC2771 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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