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Portrait of Captain Thomas Hanway (1715-1772) (attributed to Arthur Pond)

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English: Attributed to 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.

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.
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Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/old-master-british-works-on-paper/portrait-of-captain-thomas-hanway-1715-1772
Author
Attributed to Arthur Pond  (1705–1758)  wikidata:Q4799999
 
Attributed to Arthur Pond
Alternative names
Pond; A. Pond
Description English portrait painter, engraver and pastellist
Date of birth/death circa 1701/1705 1758 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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London (1716–1758); Rome (1725–1727) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q4799999,P5102,Q230768

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