Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew
(1760-1834), AdmiralRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew (born Benjamin Hallowell) is remembered as a companion and close friend of Admiral Nelson. He fought with Nelson, most notably in the 1798 Battle of the Nile and at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In 1799, Hallowell famously presented with Nelson with a macabre gift to celebrate their victory on the Nile. It was a coffin made from the main mast of L'Orient, a French ship that had been destroyed in the battle. Nelson was buried in this coffin in 1806. Hallowell took the additional surname Carew when he succeeded to the family estates.
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1815
NPG 316a(64)
by John Hayter
oil on canvas, circa 1833
NPG 373
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 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
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