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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

(1726-1799), Admiral

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 17 portraits
Admiral. His long naval career began in 1739; he was Commander-in-Chief, North America, 1775-8, during the War of American Independence, and he relieved Gibraltar from the Spanish siege, 1782. He led the Channel Fleet to victory over the French in 1794 in the battle known as 'The Glorious First of June'. A popular commander with his men, he was brought out of retirement to mediate in the Fleet mutiny in 1797.

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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, after John De Vaere - NPG 3313Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
after John De Vaere
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, by Henry Singleton - NPG 75Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
by Henry Singleton
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, by Benjamin Killingbeck - NPG D36353Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
by Benjamin Killingbeck
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'Uncle George and Black Dick at their new game of naval shuttlecock' (Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe; King George III), by Thomas Rowlandson, published by George Humphrey - NPG D12368'Uncle George and Black Dick at their new game of naval shuttlecock' (Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe; King George III)
by Thomas Rowlandson, published by George Humphrey
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ('Black-Dick turn'd taylor'), by James Gillray, published by George Humphrey - NPG D12371Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ('Black-Dick turn'd taylor')
by James Gillray, published by George Humphrey
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, by Robert Dunkarton, after John Singleton Copley - NPG D36352Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
by Robert Dunkarton, after John Singleton Copley
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ('A French hail storm, - or - Neptune losing sight of the Brest fleet'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12478Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ('A French hail storm, - or - Neptune losing sight of the Brest fleet')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
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'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D34475'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
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'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12530'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, by James Stow - NPG D15603Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
by James Stow
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, after Unknown artist - NPG D3114Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
after Unknown artist
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John Bull taking a luncheon: - or - British cooks, cramming old grumble-gizzard, with bonne-chére, by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12661John Bull taking a luncheon: - or - British cooks, cramming old grumble-gizzard, with bonne-chére
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12661
The British Naval Victors, by Valentine Green, after Gainsborough Dupont, and after Francis Cotes, and after Richard Morton Paye, and after Lemuel Francis Abbott - NPG D11103The British Naval Victors
by Valentine Green, after Gainsborough Dupont, and after Francis Cotes, and after Richard Morton Paye, and after Lemuel Francis Abbott
NPG D11103
'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794', by Francesco Bartolozzi, and John George Landseer, and Thomas Ryder, and James Stow, published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke - NPG D15177'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794'
by Francesco Bartolozzi, and John George Landseer, and Thomas Ryder, and James Stow, published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke
NPG D15177
'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794', by Francesco Bartolozzi, and John George Landseer, and Thomas Ryder, and James Stow, published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke - NPG D17016'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794'
by Francesco Bartolozzi, and John George Landseer, and Thomas Ryder, and James Stow, published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke
NPG D17016
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, by John Henry Robinson, published by John Tallis & Company, after Thomas Gainsborough - NPG D3276Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
by John Henry Robinson, published by John Tallis & Company, after Thomas Gainsborough
NPG D3276
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, by John Henry Robinson, published by London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, after Thomas Gainsborough - NPG D3277Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
by John Henry Robinson, published by London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, after Thomas Gainsborough
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