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.
The Death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar
by Charles William Sharpe, after Daniel Maclise
line and stipple engraving, published 1874
NPG D17800
by Robert Sargent Austin, printed by The Baynard Press, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
chromolithograph, published 1943
NPG D17806
by and published by John Young, after John Rising
mezzotint, published 2 November 1801
NPG D830
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 D15815
by Henry Bone, after John Hoppner
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, August 1805 (1801)
NPG D17443
published by Edward Orme, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 2 December 1805
NPG D38485
by and published by Peltro William Tomkins, after Franz Thaller and Matthias Ranson
stipple engraving, published 21 November 1805
NPG D38486
by Anthony Cardon, and by John Girtin, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Thomas Uwins, portrait after Simon de Koster
line and stipple engraving, published 24 December 1805
NPG D38488
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 30 November 1805
NPG D15818
by Valentine Green, possibly published by John Harris, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 14 November 1805
NPG D18924
by Richard Earlom, published by Josiah Boydell, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 9 January 1806
NPG D38484
by William Barnard, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 1 January 1806
NPG D38490
by Henry Richard Cook, published by C. Chapple, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 12 April 1806
NPG D40901
by Thomas Charles Wageman, published by John Clark, published by and after George Ballisat
stipple engraving, published 1 April 1810
NPG D38487
after Benjamin West
lithograph, published circa 1811
NPG D38492
by Henry Bone, after Arthur William Devis
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1812 (1805)
NPG D17663
by Robert Cooper, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 21 June 1815 (1801)
NPG D38483
by Robert Graves, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
line engraving, published 5 November 1847 (after 1797)
NPG D38491
Nelson at Prayer, on going into battle at Trafalgar (Horatio Nelson)
by Ferdinand Jean de la Ferté Joubert, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after Thomas Jones Barker
line engraving, declared to the Printsellers' Association 14 June 1854
NPG D38495
published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry Edridge
collotype printed in two colours, published 5 December 1881
NPG D38489
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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