Once a student of Francis Hayman, Lemuel Francis Abbott painted his masterwork of Lord Nelson, as well as likenesses of other naval officers, before succumbing to madness in middle age. The larger-than-life Nelson, the savior of Britain against the Continental despotism of Napoleon, is brilliantly rendered by the brush of Lemuel Francis Abbott then remastered by Art Chateau in 2015.
Rear-Admiral, Sir Horatio Nelson, after Lemuel Francis AbbottLemuel Francis Abbott English (1760 - 1802) |
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Once a student of Francis Hayman, Lemuel Francis Abbott painted his masterwork of Lord Nelson, as well as likenesses of other naval officers, before succumbing to madness in middle age. The larger-than-life Nelson, the savior of Britain against the Continental despotism of Napoleon, is brilliantly rendered by the brush of Lemuel Francis Abbott then remastered by Art Chateau in 2015. |
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