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came down to make the oil study on which all his Nelson portraits were based. These eventually numbered over forty. Locker was a noted patron of the arts, having a number of portraits painted, and supporting the careers of the likes of Abbott and
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in March 1760, and became the ship's first lieutenant in July 1761. He was promoted to his first command, that of the
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