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Summary

John Francis Rigaud : Captain Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805 wikidata:Q50852580 reasonator:Q50852580
Artist
John Francis Rigaud (1742–1810) wikidata:Q3181529 s:en:Author:John Francis Rigaud
John Francis Rigaud
Description English painter and translator
Date of birth/death 18 May 1742 Edit this at Wikidata 6 December 1810 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Turin Warwickshire, England
Work location
Great Britain (1772–1824) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3181529
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Portrait of Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Captain Horatio Nelson painted byJohn Francis Rigaud, with Fort San Juan—the scene of his most notable achievement to date—in the background. Caption information from John Sugden's Nelson: A Dream of Glory , p. 464.
Date 1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions Painting: 1270 mm x 1015 mm; Frame: 1250 mm x 1500 mm x 100 mm
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC2901
Credit line National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund
References
Source/Photographer Website of the National Maritime Museum

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