Lemuel Francis Abbott Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson Painting ID:: 161 Lemuel Francis Abbott2.jpg
Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson 1800
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
76.2 x 63.5cm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Calder Painting ID:: 163 Lemuel Francis Abbott4.jpg
Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Calder 1797
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
762 x 635 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Captain John Cooke Painting ID:: 164 Lemuel Francis Abbott5.jpg
Captain John Cooke 1797-1805
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
762 x 635 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Admiral Alexander Hood Painting ID:: 165 Lemuel Francis Abbott6.jpg
Admiral Alexander Hood 1795
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
1270 x 1016 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Admiral Alexander Hood_a Painting ID:: 166 Lemuel Francis Abbott7.jpg
Admiral Alexander Hood_a 1795
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
762 x 635 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Captain William Locker Painting ID:: 167 Lemuel Francis Abbott8.jpg
Captain William Locker 1795-1800
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
775 x 640 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell Painting ID:: 168 Lemuel Francis Abbott9.jpg
Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell 1795-1803
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
762 x 635 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Sir Peter Parker Painting ID:: 169 Lemuel Francis Abbott10.jpg
Sir Peter Parker 1799
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
2413 x 1524 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley Painting ID:: 170 Lemuel Francis Abbott11.jpg
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley 1795
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
765 x 638 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Admiral Robert Roddam Painting ID:: 171 Lemuel Francis Abbott12.jpg
Admiral Robert Roddam 1783
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
764 x 632 mm
Lemuel Francis Abbott Head of a man Painting ID:: 52757 new19/Lemuel Francis Abbott-559387.jpg
Head of a man mk223
oil on canvas
Lemuel Francis Abbott Portrait of Captain George Montagu Painting ID:: 70614 new23/Lemuel Francis Abbott-576389.jpg
Portrait of Captain George Montagu 18th century
Portrait of Captain George Montagu (1750?C1829)
Lemuel Francis Abbott Portrait of Captain George Montagu Painting ID:: 73662 new24/Lemuel Francis Abbott-599565.jpg
Portrait of Captain George Montagu Portrait of Captain George Montagu (1750?C1829)
18th century
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Lemuel Francis Abbott Rear-Admiral Painting ID:: 77605 new24/Lemuel Francis Abbott-685454.jpg
Rear-Admiral 1800(1800)
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 76.2 cm (25 x 30 in)
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Lemuel Francis Abbott Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson Painting ID:: 77839 new24/Lemuel Francis Abbott-447836.jpg
Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson Oil on canvas
63.5 ?? 76.2 cm (25 ?? 30 in)
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Lemuel Francis Abbott Portrait of William Cowper Painting ID:: 82845 new24/Lemuel Francis Abbott-983798.jpg
Portrait of William Cowper 1792(1792)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 127 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40 in)
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Lemuel Francis Abbott George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt Painting ID:: 94449 new26/Lemuel Francis Abbott-578499.jpg
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt circa 1785(1785)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 39 x 49 in (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
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Lemuel Francis Abbott Warren Hastings Painting ID:: 94450 new26/Lemuel Francis Abbott-597848.jpg
1760-1803
Lemuel Francis Abbott Locations
English painter. He was the son of a clergyman and went to London to study with Francis Hayman shortly before the latter death in 1776; he may have completed his studies in Derby with Joseph Wright of Derby. By the early 1780s Abbott had established a busy portrait practice in London. The formula he adopted for most of his head-and-shoulder portraits can be seen in Sir William Herschel (1785; London, N. Mar. Mus.): the body is parallel to the picture plane, and the sitter head is moved into three-quarter profile, as if his attention has been suddenly distracted. In later portraits, such as those of fellow artists Francesco Bartolozzi (c. 1792; London, Tate) or Joseph Nollekens (c. 1797; London, N.P.G.), the sitter hand or some attribute balances the movement of the head. Only male portraits by Abbott are known, and his patrons were mostly drawn from the professional classes, particularly the Navy; there are several versions of Lord Nelson (e.g. 1798; London, N. Mar. Mus.). His style is crisp but scratchy in technique, and often the anatomy of his figures is inaccurate. Paint is handled in a manner comparable with that of Gainsborough Dupont, but Abbott sense of composition is superior. In 1798 he was certified insane, but he continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London for two further years. Several of his works were probably finished by another hand.