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The Death of Nelson (West painting)

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Again it was an idealisation of the subject. Although West took considerable trouble about the accuracy of details in his painting, basing the portraits on over 50 survivors of the battle, he produced, as he admitted himself, a picture "of what might have been, not of the circumstances as they
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and, within six months, West had created this painting. Again it proved to be popular. When West exhibited it in his studio, within just over a month it was seen by 30,000 members of the public.
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and measures 182.5 centimetres (72 in) by 247.5 centimetres (97 in). It was presented to the Walker Art Gallery by Bristow H. Hughes.
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General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian
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182.5 cm × 247.5 cm (71.9 in × 97.4 in)
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Other artists produced works depicting the same event. One of these was
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happened". West created two more paintings with Nelson as the subject,
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Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783
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The Death of Lord Nelson in the Cockpit of the Ship "Victory"
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Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus
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Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill)
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Benjamin West
Oil on canvas
House of Lords
London
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe
Battle of the Nile
Horatio Nelson
Royal Academy
Battle of Trafalgar
National Maritime Museum
Arthur William Devis
The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805
The Death of Nelson
Daniel Maclise
Royal Gallery
Palace of Westminster
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool
Merseyside
oil
canvas
"A National Treasure in New Brunswick: James Barry's The Death of General Wolfe - The Phenomenon"
New Brunswick Museum
the original


"Artwork of the Month, October 2005"
National Museums Liverpool

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