Hawford, 'Pegase'

Graphite and watercolour portrait of naval officer William Hawford (1755–1807) in lieutenant’s full-dress uniform, facing slightly to the viewer’s left, with a large black cockade in his hat. Inscribed beneath the image ‘Hawford / Pegase’.

The portrait was made by Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844), who was one of Hawford’s fellow lieutenants in the ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90. It is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) created by Hollis while serving in ‘Pegase’ and during his subsequent service in other ships, including ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93 and in ‘Queen’ in 1793–96. The album includes portraits of Hollis’s shipmates, often with humorous captions, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat. The portrait of Hawford is mounted on the same page as PAH4904.

Object Details

ID: PAH4905
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hollis, Aiskew Paffard
Vessels: Pegasus 1779
Date made: 1785–90
People: Hawford, fl
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Image: 114 x 97 mm
Parts: Album of drawings (Album)