£220
CIRCLE OF HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON (BRITISH, 1739-1808)
Portrait of Lt. William Jeffrey, circa 1793
Inscribed to panel on reverse with historical details
Pastel, oval
9½ x 7½in. (24 x 19cm.)
The inscription reads Wm. Jeffrey son of Wm. H. Jeffrey. Sailed in the HOUGHTON on Tuesday May the 27th 1793. Then being only 15 years and 8 months old, to the East Indies, by which time he had been promoted to a Lieutenant in his Majesty's 74th regiment stationed at Fort St George, (Dacca) the youth joined his father the year after his arrival in the East... ln going after his father who had fought at B.... & who was now residing at Dacca.... The Houghton named here was named after the eponymous house in Norfolk and was the fifth vessel of the name, used because the Walpole’s were majority shareholders. Built by Wells Yard, Deptford in 1782, she completed five cruises before being wrecked in 1803 in the China sea.
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