Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
2 of 12 portraits of Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, 1795
29 1/4 in. x 24 1/4 in. (743 mm x 616 mm)
Purchased, 1862
Primary Collection
NPG 138
Sitterback to top
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814), Admiral. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Lemuel Francis Abbott (circa 1760-1802), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 79 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 76
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 63
Events of 1795back to top
Current affairs
George, Prince of Wales is forced to marry Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick, despite having secretly married Maria Fitzherbert in 1785.Widespread rioting prompts the introduction of the Speenhamland system of welfare supplements which are linked to the price of bread.
Treasonable Practices Act is passed against open criticism of government.
Art and science
The MP Matthew Gregory 'Monk' Lewis publishes his notorious gothic novel The Monk to success and scandal because of its immoral content.Mungo Park explores the course of the River Niger.
International
Wolfe Tone, founder of The Society of United Irishmen, departs for America after being implicated in high treason in Ireland. Exiled in Philadelphia, he soon leaves for France to ask revolutionaries for assistance.Joseph Haydn composes the English Canzonettas during his second stay in London.
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