MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Sir Horatio Nelson when wounded at Teneriffe.jpg (1061x1280) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Sir Horatio Nelson when wounded at Teneriffe.jpg Artwork Creator Richard Westall en 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' 1806 Oil on canvas Painting cm 86 6 71 0 ; Overall frame size cm 114 5 99 0 13 0 Institution National Maritime Museum William Locker Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital National Maritime Museum website Credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London Greenwich Hospital Collection BHC0498 PD-old-100 Other versions Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London People of the United Kingdom in art Nelson 24 July Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1797 Horatio Nelson in art Richard Westall Wounded people in art | ||||
