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Horatio Nelson

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Horatio Nelson

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
22 3/4 in. x 14 7/8 in. (578 mm x 379 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1958
Reference Collection
NPG D38488

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  • Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 96 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Anthony Cardon (1772-1813), Engraver and print publisher. Artist or producer associated with 72 portraits.
  • John Girtin (circa 1780-after 1820), Engraver and printer; brother of Thomas Girtin. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
  • Simon de Koster (1767-1831), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 12 portraits.
  • Thomas Uwins (1782-1857), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

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Current affairs

Nelson's state funeral is held at St Paul's. An occasion for an outpouring of national grief and patriotism, the grand ceremony built on the cult of Nelson which had emerged in the years before his death.

Art and science

Mary Tighe publishes Pysche or the Legend of Love, a romantic allegory in the fashionable medieval revival style, admired by both Keats and Shelley.
The 'poems of Ossian' are officially declared a fake and a great literary scandal ends as Scottish poet James Macpherson is exposed as the forger of the third century bard's epic works.

International

Battle of Trafalgar. Napoleon's ultimate plan to invade England from Boulogne with 100,000 men is thwarted by superior British naval power. Nelson dies in the closing moments of battle having been wounded by a French sniper, but survives long enough to learn that a decisive victory has been won.

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