Horatio Nelson
(1758-1805), Vice-Admiral and victor of TrafalgarHoratio 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.
published by Edward Orme, after Sir William Beechey, after a bust by Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
stipple engraving, published 2 December 1805
NPG D38485
by and published by Peltro William Tomkins, after Franz Thaller, after Matthias Ranson
stipple engraving, published 21 November 1805
NPG D38486
by Anthony Cardon, and by John Girtin, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Thomas Uwins, after Simon de Koster
line and stipple engraving, published 24 December 1805
NPG D38488
by Edward Scriven, after Robert Bowyer
stipple and line engraving, published 1805
NPG D5331
by Benjamin Pearce
silhouette, 1805
NPG D534
by Henry Meyer, after John Hoppner
stipple engraving, published 1805
NPG D8059
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 23 December 1805
NPG D12856
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
Horatio Nelson ('A correct View of the Grand Funeral Car')
by and printed by Hawkins & Ottway, published by J. Page
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 8 February 1806
NPG D21558
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 Clement Chapple, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 12 April 1806
NPG D40901
by Edward Scriven, after Arthur William Devis
stipple engraving, published 1806
NPG D5337
by Edward Bell, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1806
NPG D17802
by Charles Turner, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1806
NPG D17803
by Charles Knight, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
stipple engraving, published 1806
NPG D17804
Apotheosis of Nelson (Horatio Nelson)
by Charles Theodosius Heath, after Benjamin West
line engraving, (1807)
NPG D13767
by Thomas Burke, after Simon de Koster
stipple engraving, published 1807
NPG D17799
by J. Golding, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
line engraving, published 1808
NPG D5330
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