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Horatio Nelson

(1758-1805), Vice-Admiral and victor of Trafalgar

Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 86 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. 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. Nelson's last engagement was his greatest victory; he was killed by a sniper while defeating the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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Horatio Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott - NPG 394

by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, 1797
NPG 394

Horatio Nelson, by Henry Pierce Bone, after Lemuel Francis Abbott - NPG 6294

by Henry Pierce Bone, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
enamel on copper, 1840, based on a work of 1797
NPG 6294

Horatio Nelson, by Guy Head - NPG 5101

by Guy Head
oil on canvas, 1798-1799
NPG 5101

Horatio Nelson, by Luigi Acquarone, after Leonardo Guzzardi - NPG 785

by Luigi Acquarone, after Leonardo Guzzardi
oil on canvas, 1888, based on a work of 1799
NPG 785

Horatio Nelson, after Franz Thaller, after Matthias Ranson - NPG 2767

after Franz Thaller, after Matthias Ranson
plaster squeeze, based on a work from probably the 19th century
NPG 2767

Horatio Nelson, by Friedrich Heinrich Füger - NPG 73

by Friedrich Heinrich Füger
oil on canvas, 1800
NPG 73

Horatio Nelson, by Sir William Beechey - NPG 5798

by Sir William Beechey
oil on canvas, 1800
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5798

Horatio Nelson, by Dominic Cardosi, after Franz Thaller, after Matthias Ranson - NPG 2668

by Dominic Cardosi, after Franz Thaller, after Matthias Ranson
plaster cast of bust, based on a work of 1801
NPG 2668

Horatio Nelson, by Henry Edridge - NPG 879

by Henry Edridge
watercolour, 1802
NPG 879

'King Edward & His Empire Builders', published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x197883

'King Edward & His Empire Builders'

published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x197883

Horatio Nelson, by A. Geiger, after Lemuel Francis Abbott - NPG D19494

by A. Geiger, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, (circa 1775-1800)
NPG D19494

Horatio Nelson, by Robert Shipster, after John Francis Rigaud - NPG D5336

by Robert Shipster, after John Francis Rigaud
stipple engraving, published 14 August 1797 (1781)
NPG D5336

Horatio Nelson, by Robert Shipster, after John Francis Rigaud - NPG D5339

by Robert Shipster, after John Francis Rigaud
stipple engraving, published 1797 (1786)
NPG D5339

Horatio Nelson, by Robert Laurie, after Unknown artist - NPG D16818

by Robert Laurie, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 13 November 1797 (1794)
NPG D16818

Horatio Nelson, by William Evans, after Henry Edridge - NPG D5333

by William Evans, after Henry Edridge
stipple engraving, published 1798
NPG D5333

Horatio Nelson, by Daniel Orme - NPG D5335

by Daniel Orme
stipple engraving, published 1798
NPG D5335

Horatio Nelson, after Unknown artist - NPG D5343

after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1798
NPG D5343

Horatio Nelson ('Extirpation of the plagues of Egypt; - destruction of revolutionary crocodiles; - or - the British hero cleansing ye mouth of ye Nile'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12660

Horatio Nelson ('Extirpation of the plagues of Egypt; - destruction of revolutionary crocodiles; - or - the British hero cleansing ye mouth of ye Nile')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 6 October 1798
NPG D12660

John Bull taking a luncheon: - or - British cooks, cramming old grumble-gizzard, with bonne-chére, by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12661

John Bull taking a luncheon: - or - British cooks, cramming old grumble-gizzard, with bonne-chére

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 October 1798
NPG D12661

Horatio Nelson ('The Hero of the Nile'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12668

Horatio Nelson ('The Hero of the Nile')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and stipple engraving, published 1 December 1798
NPG D12668

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Related People

William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson (brother)
Maurice Suckling (uncle)

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Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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