File:The Reverend Edmund Nelson, 1722-1802 RMG BHC2881.tiff
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editWilliam Beechey: The Reverend Edmund Nelson, 1722-1802 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Portrait of the Reverend Edmund Nelson (1722-1802), father of Horatio Nelson A half-length portrait facing right, wearing clerical bands and a plain black coat. The sitter was Rector of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, and the father of Admiral Lord Nelson. This portrait was painted at the request of Lady Nelson during the sitter's last visits to her in London. The artist made it a rule that all his sitters except the king and royal family should come to him for their portraits to be painted. He broke the rule on this occasion in honour of Nelson and out of deference to the age of the sitter. The artist trained as a lawyer before entering the Royal Academy Schools, London, in 1772 where he may have studied with Johan Zoffany. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776 and produced competent portraits throughout his long career since he had no shortage of clients. In 1793 he was named portrait painter to Queen Charlotte, and undertook a number of royal commissions. His straightforward style perfectly suited the stolid and conventional taste of the royal family. In 1795 John Opie described Beechey's pictures as 'of that mediocre quality as to taste & fashion, that they seemed only fit for sea Captains & merchants'. |
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Depicted people | Edmund Nelson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Frame: 985 mm x 862 mm x 104 mm;Painting: 749 x 610 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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institution QS:P195,Q1199924 |
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Accession number |
BHC2881 (Royal Museums Greenwich) |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14354 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1948-720.69 id number: BHC2881 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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