Horatio Nelson
(1758-1805), Vice-Admiral and victor of TrafalgarHoratio Nelson, Viscount Nelson
Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 86 portraits
Nelson's victories during the wars with France gripped the popular imagination, making him the most enduring of British heroes. In 1793, following the outbreak of war with France, he lost an eye in a successful attack on Corsica. Nelson's strategic brilliance was confirmed at the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) and the Battle of the Nile (1798). This was followed by the great controversy of Nelson's career when, because of his passion for Emma Hamilton, he refused to leave Naples to defend Minorca. Nelson's last engagement was his greatest victory; he was killed by a sniper while defeating the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry Edridge
collotype printed in two colours, published 5 December 1881
NPG D38489
published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
chromolithograph, published 1912 (1794)
NPG D38494
The Nelson Touch (Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Horatio Nelson)
after Arthur David McCormick
colour relief halftone, published 23 November 1938
NPG D38493
by Robert Sargent Austin, printed by The Baynard Press, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
chromolithograph, published 1943
NPG D17806
by Lawrence Josset, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, 1968
NPG D16957
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