Arthur William Devis
Portrait of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B., Vice-Admiral of the White (1758–1805), half-length, in Vice-Admiral's undress uniform, cocked hat with black silk cockade and green eyeshade, with the stars of the Bath, the St. Ferdinand and the Crescent, 1803
oil on canvas
14 x 12 in. (35.5 x 30.5 cm.)
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Provenance
Painted in 1805 for Admiral Benjamin William Page (1765-1845)
Exhibitions
London, Royal Academy, 1807, no. 43.
London, South Kensington Museum, National Portraits Exhibition, 1868, no. 5.
Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, 1967, on loan.
Literature
R. Walker, The Nelson Portraits, London, 1998, pp. 162 and 261, no. 197, illustrated.