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Summary
Arthur William Devis: The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | history painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805 |
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Depicted people | Horatio Nelson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1805 date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 195.6 cm (77 in) ; width: 261.6 cm (102.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+195.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+261.6U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
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Accession number |
BHC2894 (Royal Museums Greenwich) |
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Source/Photographer | http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/nelson/viewObject.cfm?ID=BHC2894 |
Figures featured
- Revd Scott, Nelson's chaplain, rubbing his chest to help relieve the pain
- Victory's purser Walter Burke, supporting the pillow.
- Nelson’s steward, Chevalier, looking towards Beatty, ship's surgeon
- Beatty, who feels Nelson’s pulse and is about to pronounce him dead.
- Captain Hardy, standing behind him - not actually present at the moment of death
- Midshipman Collingwood and Lieutenant Yule (rear left and left), with a pile of captured enemy flags being brought in by a seaman
- Guitano, Nelson’s valet, standing in right profile in front of Collingwood, holding a glass from which Nelson took his last sips of water
- ‘Victory's' carpenter, Mr Bunce, stands on the far right above Bligh
- Lieutenant George Miller Bligh, the dazed and wounded figure far right, below Bunce
- Assistant Surgeon Neil Smith seated far right
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