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| Keywords: Reverend Edmund Nelson.jpg en A half-length portrait facing right wearing clerical bands and a plain black coat The sitter was Rector of Burnham Thorpe Norfolk and the father of Admiral Lord Nelson This portrait was painted at the request of Lady Nelson during the sitter's last visits to her in London The artist made it a rule that all his sitters except the king and royal family should come to him for their portraits to be painted He broke the rule on this occasion in honour of Nelson and out of deference to the age of the sitter http //www nmm ac uk/collections/nelson/viewRepro cfm reproID BHC2881 picture 1 content The National Maritime Museum Sir William Beechey 1800 PD-old-100 Horatio Nelson Portrait paintings of men Men facing right in art | ||||
