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.
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.