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Description: | s.d. inscr. base "ADMIRAL / LORD VISC. DUNCAN / 179[7] / Tassie F" CRE TASSIE, James; (Scottish; 1735-1799) 179[7] Born in Dundee, he entered the navy in 1746 and commanded the Blenheim at the relief of Gibralter in 1782. Duncan became an admiral in 1795 and maintained command of the North Sea Fleet until 1801. After the initial portrait sitting, Tassie was able to reproduce innumerable medallions for sale as mementoes, for as little as five shillings. This one, commemorating Admiral Duncan's admired victory at Camperdown in 1797 during the Napoleonic Wars, was particularly popular.
(Dr Ailsa Boyd, 2003) | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HISTORICAL COLLECTION : UNIVERSITY HISTORY : HISTPER : NACF : TASSIE_M : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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