State without letters. A three-quarter-length portrait of Alexander Hood (1726–1814) in admiral’s undress uniform, 1787–1795, with the ribbon (mostly hidden under his coat) and star of the Order of the Bath and the Glorious First of June gold chain and medal, extending his right arm in a pointing gesture. In the background, a view of Hood’s engagement with the French Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse off Port l’Orient in June 1795. This portrait was engraved by John Henry Robinson after Lemuel Francis Abbott’s oil painting of around 1795, now in the Yale Centre for British Art. Abbott’s painting was owned at the time of engraving by the sitter’s widow, Maria Sophia, Viscountess Bridport. The painting was also engraved by Samuel Freeman (see PAD3204) but without the Glorious First of June medal which is shown here. The print was first published by Harding and Lepard on 1 January 1832 (see PAD3203) and subsequently republished on 1 December 1836. For the published state, see PAD4269. (Updated May 2019.)