Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson
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- npg number matching '73'
Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson
by Friedrich Heinrich Füger
oil on canvas, 1800
26 3/4 in. x 19 3/4 in. (679 mm x 502 mm)
Purchased, 1859
Primary Collection
NPG 73
Sitter
Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), Vice-Admiral; victor of Trafalgar. Sitter associated with 70 portraits.
Artist
Friedrich Heinrich Füger (1751-1818). Artist of 1 portrait.
This Portrait
This is the only known image of Nelson in civilian dress. Both he and his mistress Emma Hamilton sat to Füger on their way home from Naples after the victorious Battle of the Nile (1798). By that time, Nelson's fame was quite phenomenal and the couple were followed by thousands wherever they went. Each city they visited held grand celebrations. Prague was illuminated for his forty-second birthday and a special black cape with colourful trimmings invented and named after him.
Linked Publications
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 455
Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 362
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