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Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson (1758–1805)

Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760–1803) (copy after)

National Maritime Museum

Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson (1758–1805)

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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A full-length portrait of Nelson, standing slightly to the left in a rear-admiral’s full dress uniform of 1795–1812, but with vice-admiral’s epaulettes. He wears the star and ribbon of the Order of the Bath and the Saint Vincent and Nile medals. He holds his hat and sheathed sword in his left hand. The background shows the buildings of Santa Cruz burning in the background on the left and the right. Nelson lost his right arm at Santa Cruz, Tenerife, on 24th July 1797 and the portrait shows the empty sleeve pinned across. Abbott had two sittings from Nelson during the autumn of 1797, and from this many subsequent portraits were taken, mostly posthumous like this one. The original painting was engraved by William Barnard in May 1798.

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Title

Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson (1758–1805)

Date

19th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 203 x W 124.5 cm

Accession number

BHC2891

Work type

Painting

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