3060406 Arthur William Acland Hood aged 16, May 1840 (w/c, gouache & gum arabic on paper) by Derby, William (1786-1847); 36.2x25.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Arthur William Acland Hood, later Admiral, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon (1824-1901). Hood was a grandson of Captain Alexander Hood (1758-1798) and joined the Navy aged 12. In 1854 he was appointed Commander of the brig HMS Acorn. In 1854-55 he fought with the Naval Brigade in the Crimean War. By May 1856 he was in China under Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour (1802-1887) Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies and China Station. In June 1857 HMS Acorn was part of the fleet which destroyed the Chinese junks in the Battle of Fanshan Creek and in the attack on Canton. He became First Sea Lord in 1885 and retired in 1889.).