ATTRIBUTED TO LEONARDO GUZZARDI (ITALIAN, ACT. 1798-1800)

ATTRIBUTED TO LEONARDO GUZZARDI (ITALIAN, ACT. 1798-1800) Portrait of Captain Charles Beecroft R.N. with a pendant miniature of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith Oil on canvas 24 x 18in. (61 x 45.5cm.) Captain Charles Beecroft (1780-1859) entered the navy in 1794, serving in H.M.S. Diamond (Captain William Sidney Smith). In April 1796, Beecroft joined Smith and Midshipman John Westley Wright in a failed boat action at Le Havre, during which Beecroft was wounded, and all three men were tak

Category

Paintings

Location

London

Dimensions

H 61 × W 45.5 cm