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A half-length portrait slightly to right, wearing captain's undress uniform, over three years, 1795–1812. In 1795, when in command of the 'Nemesis', 28 guns, and while at anchor in the neutral port of Smyrna (Izmar), Linzee and his ship were captured by the French. They were subsequently blockaded and the 'Nemesis' was retaken. In 1801, he was in the 'Zealous' 74 guns, when it was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas Totty in the North Sea. In 1805, Linzee was in command of the 'Warrior', 74 guns, with Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Calder's squadron. This engaged the Franco-Spanish combined fleet on 22 July off Ferrol, where the 'Warrior' and 'Dragon' were not fully in action and the only ships to have no casualties. Calder took the brunt of the action and never served again. Linzee rose to be a Vice-Admiral despite a career lacking substantial engagements.
Title
Captain Samuel Hood Linzee (1773–1820)
Date
1802
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 92.7 x W 80.2 cm
Accession number
BHC2842
Work type
Painting