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English School, 18th Century Portrait miniature of Admiral Lord Howe, wearing Admiral's undress uniform watercolour on ivory 7 x 7cm (3 x 3in)Other Notes: Admiral Lord Howe was appointed to the Board of Admiralty led by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich as Senior Naval Lord in April 1763. He became Treasurer of the Navy in 1765 and, having been promoted to Rear Admiral on 18 October 1770, went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in November 1770.The present portrait is a small copy of John Singleton Copley's portrait of Admiral Lord Howe at Greenwich.CONDITION: Under glass and with some discolouration to the background and a reddish mark lower left corner.

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