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The great Frederick L., 'Queen'
Watercolour portrait of Second Lieutenant (later Captain) Frederick Liardet (d. 1813) of the Royal Marines, in profile to viewer’s left, depicted while serving in the ‘Queen’ in 1793–95. He wears Marine uniform, consisting of a red coat with white facings and a bicorn hat with a black cockade. Inscribed beneath the image is the caption: ‘The great Frederick L: Queen / NB: The King of Prussia might have taken a lesson from him’. This implies that Liardet’s haughtiness was a source of shipboard jokes.
The sketch was made by Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844), who served alongside Liardet as a lieutenant in the ‘Queen’. It is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) created by Hollis while serving in ‘Queen’ and in other ships, including ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90 and ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93. The album includes portraits of Hollis’s shipmates, often with humorous captions, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat.
The sketch was made by Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844), who served alongside Liardet as a lieutenant in the ‘Queen’. It is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) created by Hollis while serving in ‘Queen’ and in other ships, including ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90 and ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93. The album includes portraits of Hollis’s shipmates, often with humorous captions, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat.
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