A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS OF THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE, 1794

after Robert Cleverley, mounted in contemporary verre églomisé mounts and frames with gilt titles inscribed Earl Howe's Victory, June the First 1794; After the action on the First of June

Framed size: 28 x 37½in. (71 x 95cm.)

(2, a pair); together with two associated prints after Dutton

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Provenance: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Graham Eden Hamond (1779-1862) and thence by descent. After seeing action as a junior officer at the Glorious First of June and then at the Battle of Toulon, he commanded the fifth-rate H.M.S. Blanche at the Battle of Copenhagen.

Condition Report

Both engravings badly time-stained but could be restored. The first frame with wear to the paint under title.

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