Naval Portrait. Admiral Lord Hawke. Tallis antique print c1856

$90.00

Edward, Lord Hawke (1705-1781), first Lord of the Admiralty (between 1766 and 1781).

Original antique steel engraving, from the original portrait in the Naval Gallery at the Greenwich Hospital Tallis & Co circa 1856. The famous Tallis publishing house, at the time of this publication called the London Printing & Publishing Company, were publishers of steel engravings of both maps and prints. They were renowned for the embellishment of the central subject by an intricately engraved border.

The hand-colour has been added at a later date, as this fine
engraving was published in black & white.
The page size is: 27 x 18cm (10.1/2 x 7 inches).

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