Art: a most splendid officer and gentleman
9 March, 2008 at 11:41 pm Leave a comment
I have no chance of catching up with everything today, but I want to send you into the week with a really great picture. It’s Lieutenant Collingwood – no, not Cuthbert: his brother Wilfred!
The following silhouette by W. Willings, created in 1781, shows Wilfred Collingwood as a lieutenant. He was 32 years old at that time, and died only six years later.
You know, the profile reminds me of another lieutenant…
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