File:Sir Horatio Nelson when wounded at Teneriffe.jpg

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Richard Westall: Nelson wounded at Tenerife, 24 July 1797  wikidata:Q50862837 reasonator:Q50862837
Artist
Richard Westall  (1765–1836)  wikidata:Q3109174
 
Richard Westall
Description English drawer, watercolorist, printmaker and painter
Date of birth/death 2 January 1765 Edit this at Wikidata 4 December 1836 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Norwich London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1784–1836
Work location
London (1779–1826) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3109174
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Title
English: Nelson wounded at Tenerife, 24 July 1797
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: In the painting, Nelson's barge is shown beached in the surf, in port-bow view. Hit on the point of landing he reeled and staggered back into the boat where he lies, having transferred his sword to his left hand. He is supported by a sailor and there is blood on the sailor's shirt and on the lining of Nelson's coat. Lieutenant Josiah Nisbet, Nelson's stepson, stands behind him and is saving his life by staunching the blood. Behind him and to the left are two other lieutenants. Also in the barge and to the right of the group is a third lieutenant grasping a boarding pike, with two sailors behind him. In the left foreground standing in the shallow water is Captain Thompson, arms outstretched towards Nelson, together with another lieutenant. In the left background is a bow view of another boat approaching the beach. In the right foreground the artist has used the waves to enhance the dramatic impact. Westall has conveyed the staged effect by employing a dramatic language of gesture and expression. This painting of the incident was made in 1806. It was commissioned by John M'Arthur, as a plate for 'The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, KB', which he published with James Stanier Clarke in 1809, and which was the first major biography of Nelson. Engraved by J. Neagle in 1809, it formed part of a series of five painted for the book by Westall, all intended to show Nelson's life as a series of heroic acts. With two by West, also used in the same way (BHC0566 and BHC2905), and Lemuel Abbott's best-known portrait of Nelson (BHC2889) all were presented to Greenwich Hospital in 1849 'by Jasper de St Croix, Esq., and several other patriotic individuals'.
Depicted people Horatio Nelson Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1806
date QS:P571,+1806-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions Painting: height: 86.6 cm (34 in); width: 71 cm (27.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,86.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,71.0U174728
; Overall frame size: 114.5 × 99 × 13 cm (45 × 38.9 × 5.1 in)
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
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Accession number
BHC0498
Credit line National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection
Notes
English: The many portraits by Abbott originate from the wish of Horatio Nelson’s friend William Locker, Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
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Source/Photographer National Maritime Museum website
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current15:03, 6 July 2016Thumbnail for version as of 15:03, 6 July 20161,061 × 1,280 (555 KB)Alonso de MendozaColor
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18:21, 26 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 18:21, 26 August 2006396 × 356 (26 KB)Edub== Summary == ''"Sir Horatio Nelson when wounded at Teneriffe, night of July 24th 1797"'' by Richard Westall (1765 - 1836). Oil on canvas. [http://www.aboutnelson.co.uk/portraits.htm Online] == Licensing == {{PD-art}}

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