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Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), Vice-Admiral and victor of Trafalgar

Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson

Sitter associated with 84 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. Yet aside from this early misfortune, 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.

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Horatio Nelson

published by Robert Laurie, published by James Whittle
mezzotint, published 20 October 1798
NPG D19423

Horatio Nelson

by William Barnard, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 1798
NPG D17801

The British Naval Victors

by Valentine Green, after Gainsborough Dupont, and after Francis Cotes, and after Richard Morton Paye, and after Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 1799
NPG D11103

Horatio Nelson

by Piercy Roberts, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 1800
NPG D5329

Horatio Nelson

by John Young, after Leonardo Guzzardi
mezzotint, published 1800
NPG D5334

Horatio Nelson

by Granger, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 1800
NPG D5340

Horatio Nelson

by George Cruikshank
etching, early 19th century
NPG D5342

Horatio Nelson

by and published by Robert Shipster, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D8055

Horatio Nelson

after Simon de Koster
line and stipple engraving, published 1800
NPG D17798

A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique' (Emma, Lady Hamilton; Horatio Nelson; Sir William Hamilton)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 February 1801
NPG D35272

A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique' (Emma, Lady Hamilton; Horatio Nelson; Sir William Hamilton)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 February 1801
NPG D12755

Horatio Nelson

by and published by William Brown, after Daniel Orme
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1801
NPG D13559

Victors of the Nile

by William Bromley, and by John George Landseer, and by William Satchwell Leney (Lenney), published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke
line engraving, published 1803
NPG D17019