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The terrible Cochrane English amiral
Published
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1809?]
hand colored etching
plate mark: 126 x 82 mm; sheet: 146 x 101 mm
Peel 1986
Notes
French print.
Below the title "L' Amiral Cochrane, fait d'après nature et donnè par un matelot Anglais, prison-nier de guerre."
"Cochrane did not become an English rear-admiral till 1832. The title may derive from the impression made by his attacks on the Spanish and French Mediterranean coasts in the 'Impèrieuse' in 1808, and his fire-ships in 1809 .... Alternatively, the subject may be Sir A. F. I. Cochrane, rear-admiral 1804, vice-admiral 1809."--Curator's comments, British Museum collection catalog.
Below the title "L' Amiral Cochrane, fait d'après nature et donnè par un matelot Anglais, prison-nier de guerre."
"Cochrane did not become an English rear-admiral till 1832. The title may derive from the impression made by his attacks on the Spanish and French Mediterranean coasts in the 'Impèrieuse' in 1808, and his fire-ships in 1809 .... Alternatively, the subject may be Sir A. F. I. Cochrane, rear-admiral 1804, vice-admiral 1809."--Curator's comments, British Museum collection catalog.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A bust portrait of an officer directed to the left and glaring savagely, with irregularly bulging forehead, and thin upturned moustaches. His cocked hat, tilted sideways, is unlike that of a British naval officer, and his coat is coloured scarlet. He is grotesquely ferocious, with no resemblance to Cochrane.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
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