English School, circa 1820 , English School, circa 1820

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English School, circa 1820

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English School, circa 1820
Lieutenant Henry Parkyns Hoppner, RN, small half length, wearing a brown frock coat
oil on panel
12 1/8 x 10 1/16in. (30.9 x 25.6cm.)
with a contemporary newspaper cutting regarding the sitter

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Lot Essay

After service in the Napoleonic wars on HMS Endymion, Hoppner served as lieutenant on Commander Lyons' Hecla on Parry's second voyage in search of a North west Passage in 1821-23. He returned (with Parry) as Commander ofthe Hecla to search for the Passage in 1824-25.

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