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.
Horatio Nelson ('A correct View of the Grand Funeral Car')
by and printed by Hawkins & Ottway, published by J. Page
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 8 February 1806
NPG D21558
by Edward Scriven, after Arthur William Devis
stipple engraving, published 1806
NPG D5337
by Edward Bell, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1806
NPG D17802
by Charles Turner, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1806
NPG D17803
by Charles Knight, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
stipple engraving, published 1806
NPG D17804
Apotheosis of Nelson (Horatio Nelson)
by Charles Theodosius Heath, after Benjamin West
line engraving, (1807)
NPG D13767
by Thomas Burke, after Simon de Koster
stipple engraving, published 1807
NPG D17799
by J. Golding, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
line engraving, published 1808
NPG D5330
by William Henry Worthington, after Robert Bowyer
line engraving, published 1808
NPG D5332
The death of Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (Horatio Nelson)
published by Samuel Drummond
etching, published 9 October 1809
NPG D13768
The Death of Lord Viscount Nelson. K.B. (Horatio Nelson)
by James Heath, after Benjamin West
line engraving, published 1811
NPG D13769
by Robert Cooper, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 21 June 1815
NPG D15817
by Charles Turner, after Robert Bowyer
mezzotint, published 1823
NPG D4685
by Charles Turner, after Robert Bowyer
mezzotint, published 1823
NPG D4686
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Horatio Nelson
by T.C. Wilson, printed by W. Clerk, published by E. Glover
lithograph, probably 1830s
NPG D13770
Horatio Nelson ('Admiral Nelson receiving the Spanish Admiral's Sword on Board the San Josef')
by John Rogers, published by J & F Tallis, after Daniel Orme
line engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D17805
by William Read, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple and line engraving, published 1836
NPG D5338
by Samuel Freeman, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple and line engraving, published 1844
NPG D5341
by George Baxter, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
Baxter print, published 1853
NPG D21490
by George Baxter, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
Baxter print, published 1853
NPG D21491
Buckler's Hard, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Nelson Monument, Edinburgh, Scotland
Nelson Museum, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
Nelson Tower, Moray, Scotland
Norfolk Nelson Museum, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
St Paul's Cathedral, London
The Nelson Collection at Lloyd's, London
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