Museum number
TEMP E13
Object
Engraving of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke
Description
Engraving of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke from Volume 1 of Battles of the British Navy by Joseph Allen ESQ RN, London, Henry G Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1852, page 189. Edward Hawke was a Royal Navy officer and later admiral during the War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years War and others. He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1766 to 1771 and was an MP for Portsmouth from 1747 - 1776.
Materials
Paper
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
Engraving

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