Mr Hughs, Cook's mate of the 'Andromeda'

Watercolour portrait of a man, in profile to the viewer’s left, wearing a red jacket. Inscribed beneath the image ‘Mr Hughs, Cook’s Mate of the Andromeda / N.B. he generally preached to the ship’s company while he was standing in the coppers cleaning them out’.

The portrait was made by Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844), who was served as a lieutenant in the ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93. It is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) created by Hollis while serving in ‘Andromeda’ and in other ships, including ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90 and ‘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.