Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson

Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760 - 1803)

National Maritime Museum

Half-length portrait of Lord Nelson (1758-1805) made from a sketch the artist did while Nelson was at the Royal Hospital Greenwich. Therefore one of the few genuine likenesses.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 76 x 63 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £865 ( Total: £1,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1941
• Vendor: Mr & Miss Morris

Provenance

Purchased by Huson Morris about twenty years after the death of Nelson.

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