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Lemuel Francis Abbott

1760–1803

Portrait of the Engraver Francesco Bartolozzi
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Biography

Lemuel "Francis" Abbott (1760/61 – 5 December 1803) was an English portrait painter, famous for his painting of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (currently hanging in the Terracotta Room of number 10 Downing Street) and for those of other naval officers and literary figures of the 18th century.

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  • Henry Byne, of Carshalton

    Lemuel Francis Abbott
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  • Portrait of the Engraver Francesco Bartolozzi

    Lemuel Francis Abbott
    date not known
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