The Nelson Touch (Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Horatio Nelson)
1 portrait of Horatio Nelson
© National Portrait Gallery, London
The Nelson Touch (Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Horatio Nelson)
after Arthur David McCormick
colour relief halftone, published 23 November 1938
20 1/2 in. x 14 1/4 in. (520 mm x 362 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1938
Reference Collection
NPG D38493
Sittersback to top
- Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), Vice-Admiral and victor of Trafalgar. Sitter in 86 portraits.
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 78 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Arthur David McCormick (1860-1943), Illustrator and painter. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1938back to top
Current affairs
Britain pursues its policy of appeasement. At the Munich Agreement, Britain, France and Italy agreed to allow Hitler to seize the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia. The agreement was seen at the time as a triumph for peace, with Neville Chamberlain returning home brandishing the paper agreement and saying 'peace for our time.' Within six months Germany had occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia.Art and science
Graham Greene publishes Brighton Rock. The novel follows the descent of Pinky, a teenage gang leader in Brighton's criminal underworld. The book examines the criminal mind and explores the themes of morality and sin - recurrent concerns for the Roman Catholic Author.Glasgow hosts the Empire Exhibition; an £11 million celebration of the British Empire visited by 13 million people.
International
In its pursuit of 'Lebensraum' (living space), Germany annexes Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia with little opposition from the League of Nations. At home, the Nazis continued their escalating persecution of the Jews with 'Kristallnacht' (the Night of Broken Glass), attacking Jewish homes, shops, businesses and synagogues, and taking Jewish men to concentration camps.Comments back to top
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