Only Connect - Richard Cosway <> Horatio Nelson

How are these sitters connected?

Richard Cosway
after Richard Cosway
based on a work of circa 1790
NPG 1678

The connection
Richard Cosway’s drawing of Emma Hamilton dates her from return from Italy in 1801, seven months pregnant, with Nelson’s child.

Find out more about Cosway connections with co-curator Peter Sheppard Skaerved

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