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A half-length sketch slightly to left in a rear-admiral's full dress uniform of 1795–1812. The uniform and background are only loosely indicated. This portrait is one of the half-length preliminary sketches for the whole-length in the Royal Collection, which shows Copenhagen in the background. It was probably done from a sitting in December 1800 before Nelson's promotion to vice-admiral on 1 January 1801. To achieve a likeness of a sitter, Hoppner was said to 'make as beautiful a face as he could, then give it likeness'. He then continued to work until onlookers felt that he had captured a likeness. Nelson lost the sight of his right eye at the siege of Calvi in 1794 and the portrait shows that he has been carefully positioned so that his blind right eye, on the left, is in shadow.
Title
Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson (1758–1805)
Date
c.1800
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 68.6 x W 55.9 cm
Accession number
BHC2897
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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