File:Horatio Nelson, 1758 -1805, Vice Admiral of the White RMG 1806.tiff
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English: Horatio Nelson, 1758 -1805, Vice Admiral of the White Pastel portait of Nelson, when a rear-admiral, by Johann Heinrich Schmidt. It was done at Dresden, Saxony, in October 1800 by Schmidt, who was artist to the ducal court there. It is signed and dated upper right 'Schmidt / f. 1800'. A plaque attached to the frame bears the inscription '1758 Viscount Nelson 1805 Johann Heinrich Schmidt 1749 1829'. After Vienna, Nelson and his party travelled to Prague and then to Dresden where the Court painter Schmidt produced pastel drawings of Emma and Nelson, commissioned by Hugh Elliot, the British minister. Schmidt had already drawn Napoleon among other famous people. His portrait of Nelson agrees with contemporary accounts of Nelson’s appearance at this time, notably that by the Lutheran pastor Thomas Kosegarten who wrote ‘Nelson is one of the most insignificant figures I ever saw. His weight cannot be more than 70lbs. A more miserable collection of bones and wizened frame cannot be imagined. His bold nose, steady eye and the solid worth revealed in the whole face betray in some measure the great conqueror. He speaks little, and then only in English, and he hardly ever smiles.’ It is signed and dated upper right 'Schmidt / f. 1800'. |
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| Date | 1800 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Frame: 460 x 393 mm | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/202513 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: PR1955-303 id number: PAJ3939 |
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| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||
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