Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Property of the Marine Society, London
Attributed to Arthur Pond
Portrait of Captain Thomas Hanway (1715-1772)
Lot Closed
December 4, 05:18 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the Marine Society, London
Arthur Pond
London 1701 - 1758 Surrey
Portrait of Captain Thomas Hanway (1715-1772)
Pastel, gilt-wood frame;
the frame inscribed lower centre: Captain Thomas Hanway, R.N. 1774
580 by 430 mm.
James Stephen Taylor, Jonas Hanway, London, 1985, p. 112;
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellist up to 1800, on-line edition, J.597.2105
The sitter became captain, RN in 1744, and successively commanded the Shoreham, the Royal Sovereign, the Milford and the Windsor (during both battles of Cape Finisterre in 1747), the Weymouth and the Duke (raid on Saint Malo in 1758). He was commander-in-chief in Cork in 1758, and 2IC at Plymouth in 1759.
Younger brother to Jonas Hanway (1712-1786), he was a founding member of the Marine Society which was established in 1756. He served on the society’s committee for the remainder of his life.