English School, circa 1820
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English School, circa 1820

Captain Henry Parkyns Hoppner, R.N., small half length, wearing a brown frock coat

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English School, circa 1820
Captain Henry Parkyns Hoppner, R.N., small half length, wearing a brown frock coat
oil on panel
12.1/8 x 106in. (30.9 x 25.6cm.)
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

After service in the Napoleonic wars on H.M.S. Endymion, Hoppner served as Lieutenant on Commander Lyons' Hecla on Parry's second voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage, 1821-23. He returned (with Parry) as Commander of the Hecla to search for the Passage in 1824-25.