A bust-length portrait of Adam Duncan (1731–1804) in admiral’s full-dress uniform, 1795–1812, with a flag officer’s gold medal for the Battle of Camperdown and the sash and star of the Russian Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky. Lettered beneath the image with the title, ‘Admiral Lord Duncan’, and with the engraver’s name and publication line, ‘J. Chapman sculp. / Published as the Act directs Aug. 1. 1798 by H.D. Symonds Paternoster Row.’ This print was engraved by John Chapter after John Hoppner’s full-length oil painting of 1798, which is now in Forfar Town and County Hall in eastern Scotland. Chapman’s source may have been James Ward’s mezzotint after the painting, published in March 1798 (see PAH5451), rather than Hoppner’s original picture. The print was published by Henry Delahoy Symonds on 1 August 1798. Adam Duncan commanded the victorious British fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797. As a result of the victory, Duncan became one of the most prominent heroes of the day and many portrait prints, including this one, were published in response to the widespread public interest in the admiral. (Updated June 2019.)