Item 90 - Yeo, James Lucas.

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Title proper

Yeo, James Lucas.

Level of description

Item

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • [19--] (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.1 x 18.4 cm

Archival description area

Name of creator

(n.d.)

Scope and content

Stiple engraving portrait of Yeo, at 28 years old, in the uniform of a post captain with the decorations of his Portugese order, together with a rendering of his coat of arms. By H.R. Cook after Adam Buck.

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

Received from the Public Archives of Canada.

Availability of other formats

Copy published in 'Heritage Kingston' pg.55, no.48

Restrictions on access

Open

General note

Also have enlargement copy in Duplicate File.

General note

Sir James Yeo joined the Royal Navy as a boy of 10 in 1793. In the year of Trafalgar, 1805 he distinguished himself in a hard fought attack on the fort at Muros Bay and was rewarded with the command of HMS Confiance. He was promoted to the rank of ... »

Conservation

Conservation code:1

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Status

Final

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Description created 8/29/2002.

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  • Folder: V23 P-57