{"product_id":"21699","title":"\"Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinePrint on Canvas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 19 1\/2 x 16 inches (49.5 x 40.5 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe canvas is supplied with a 2 inch (5 cm) white border around the image\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnframed canvases supplied rolled in a strong cardboard tube\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available in any size on canvas - contact us for a quote\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most evocative portraits of Nelson, this work shows him after the Battle of the Nile in 1798. He wears rear-admiral's undress uniform of 1795-1812 pattern, with gold epaulettes, the Nile decorations and, in his hat, the distinctive diamond chelengk given to him by the Sultan of Turkey. On his jacket he wears the star of a KB, granted to him on 27 September 1797, together with the Neapolitan Order of St Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Turkish Order of the Crescent. His empty right sleeve is pinned across the front of his coat by the star of his KB and this acts as a reminder that Nelson lost his right arm at Santa Cruz, in July 1797.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe portrait was not painted from life but was commissioned in 1800 by John McArthur, Nelson's biographer, in Nelson's absence abroad. It is based on a study made by Abbott at Greenwich Hospital in 1797, while Nelson was convalescing from the loss of his arm and staying there with his former captain, the Lieutenant-Governor, William Locker. This is shown by the ribbons on his slit upper right sleeve, which at that time helped accommodate the dressing on the stump of his arm but were removed from his uniforms once the wound had healed. Nelson was a rear-admiral from 20 February 1797 to his promotion to vice-admiral on 1 June 1801.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Lemuel Francis ABBOTT (British, 1760-1803)","offers":[{"title":"Canvas","offer_id":55616627212630,"sku":"ACN002C-21699","price":158.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Canvas FRAMED (UK only)","offer_id":55616627245398,"sku":"ACN002CF-21699","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Abbott_20-_20Nelson_20-_20large_281_29_5721aefb-b277-43a9-873b-44646020798f.jpg?v=1791279922","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/21699","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}