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Summary
Arthur William Devis: The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805
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| Title |
The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
history painting |
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| Description |
The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805 |
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| Depicted people |
Horatio Nelson |
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| Date | 1805 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 195.6 cm (77 in) ; width: 261.6 cm (102.9 in) |
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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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| current | 06:55, 31 May 2010 | | 2,500 × 1,909 (137 KB) | Spellcast | higher resolution |
| 15:09, 1 February 2008 |  | 560 × 428 (35 KB) | Neddyseagoon | {{Information |Description=Death of Nelson, by w:Arthur Devis |Source=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/nelson/viewObject.cfm?ID=BHC2894 |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} Category:Horatio Nelson Category:Battle of Trafalgar |
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