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JOHN HAYES. Captain Robert W. Eastwick (1772-1865), c.1830 Three-quarter length standing figure, looking left, with left arm resting on the base of a pillar. He served in all parts of the East, from the Persian Gulf to Australia, and voyaged also to the West Indies and South America. Three times he was shipwrecked; twice he lost the whole of his fortune; twice he was taken prisoner after a severe fight, in the first case with a French frigate and in the second with an American privateer. He died at the age of ninety-three, having been totally blind for the last thirty-three years of his life. c. 1830. Oil painting. 28 by 24 ins (71 by 61 cms). Source: Foster 49.

JOHN HAYES. Captain Robert W. Eastwick (1772-1865), c.1830 Three-quarter length standing figure, looking left, with left arm resting on the base of a pillar. He served in all parts of the East, from the Persian Gulf to Australia, and voyaged also to the West Indies and South America. Three times he was shipwrecked; twice he lost the whole of his fortune; twice he was taken prisoner after a severe fight, in the first case with a French frigate and in the second with an American privateer. He died at the age of ninety-three, having been totally blind for the last thirty-three years of his life. c. 1830. Oil painting. 28 by 24 ins (71 by 61 cms). Source: Foster 49.
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Caption: Captain Robert W. Eastwick (1772-1865), c.1830 Three-quarter length standing figure, looking left, with left arm resting on the base of a pillar. He served in all parts of the East, from the Persian Gulf to Australia, and voyaged also to the West Indies and South America. Three times he was shipwrecked; twice he lost the whole of his fortune; twice he was taken prisoner after a severe fight, in the first case with a French frigate and in the second with an American privateer. He died at the age of ninety-three, having been totally blind for the last thirty-three years of his life. c. 1830. Oil painting. 28 by 24 ins (71 by 61 cms). Source: Foster 49.
Credit: Album / British Library
Image size: 4261 × 5009 px | 61.1 MB
Print size: 36.1 × 42.4 cm | 1677.6 × 1972.0 in (300 dpi)