Soldier
Hannah Snell (1750), by John Faber the Younger
Text (Lettered with title, 6 lines relating the sitter's adventures): inlisted herself by the name of James Gray in General Guise's Regiment then at Carlisle 1745, where she Receiv'd 500 Lashes, Deserted from thence and went to Portsmouth, where she Inlisted in Colonel Fraser's Regiment of Marines, went in Admiral Boscawen's Squadron to the East Indies, at the Siege of Pundicherry where she Receiv'd 12 Shot, one in her Groin Eleven in her Legs; 1750 came to England without the leat discovery of her sex, and on her petitioning His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, he was pleas'd to order her a Pension of £30 a Year", and "Price 1s-6d" and production detail, all below image: "Richd. Phelps pinxt." and "J. Faber fecit 1750"
The painting hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Hannah was "The Female Soldier", known as 'James Gray'. She disguised herself as a soldier, serving as a marine for 5 years, traveling as far as India, between 1745 and 1750 when she was discovered. She was discharged, but given a pension for her many services.