The Right Honorable Rear Admiral Lord Nelson. K.B

A full-length portrait of Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) in rear-admiral’s full-dress uniform, 1795–1812, with the sash and star of the Order of the Bath, holding his sword in his left hand. He stands on a capture flag beside a gun and a pile of shot on the deck of a ship, with the explosion of the French flagship, ‘L’Orient’, 120 guns, at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 in the background. Lettered beneath the image with the title: ‘The Right Honorable Rear Admiral, Lord Nelson. K.B. This Gallant Hero was created a British Peer on the 6th Octr. 1798 by the Stile & Title of Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe, in the County of Norfolk. In consequence of his having obtained a Signal Victory over the French Fleet in the Bay of Bequire, off the Mouth of the Nile, on the 1st & 2nd of August 1798, In this Engagement he took 9 Ships of the Line, destroyed two & two Frigates.’ Also lettered with the publication line: ‘Published 20th October 1798 by Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street, London.’ This print was published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle on 20 October 1798. This was only a few weeks after news of Nelson’s victory at the Nile had reached Britain and the print’s depiction of the explosion of ‘L’Orient’ commemorates the news. (Updated May 2019.)