Horatio Nelson

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White plaster squeeze painted as terracotta, of the face from the marble bust in the National Maritime Museum, see NPG 2668.

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Lady Laura Douglas sale Christie's 7 March 1935 (14), bought Leggatt on behalf of the NPG Reference Collection.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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