Circa 1830, watercolor on ivory, unsigned, seated before a pillar with passing storm, attired in dark brown coat, white waistcoat, and tied cravat, with pencil inscriptions to verso, presented behind glass in an ebonized wood frame with ormolu bezel, oak leaf hanger, and ormolu matting.

Miniature 4 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.; frame 7 x 6 in.

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Bonhams, Fine Portrait Miniatures, 19 Feb 1998, Lot 179

Frame verso with later printed bio on the Admiral:
"Clement Milward entered the Navy in 1793; in 1797 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Favourite sloop, Captain Lord Camelford. Mr. Milward was the officer from whom Lord Camelford took the pistol, on the well-known occasion on which he shot Lieutenant Chas. Peterson, for mutinous conduct at English Harbour, Antigua, 1798. In 1809 he assisted at the reduction of Martinique. Towards the end of his career, he took an active part in the expedition against New Orleans. In October 1846, he was created Rear-Admiral."

Good estate condition;
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