All Lemuel Francis Abbott 's Paintings
The Painting Names Are Sorted From A to Z
Oil On Canvas, Real Flavor of Old Masters
Choice ID Image  Painting (From A to Z)       Details 
165 Admiral Alexander Hood  Admiral Alexander Hood   1795 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 1270 x 1016 mm
166 Admiral Alexander Hood_a  Admiral Alexander Hood_a   1795 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm
171 Admiral Robert Roddam  Admiral Robert Roddam   1783 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 764 x 632 mm
164 Captain John Cooke  Captain John Cooke   1797-1805 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm
167 Captain William Locker  Captain William Locker   1795-1800 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 775 x 640 mm
94449 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt  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) cjr
52757 Head of a man  Head of a man   mk223 oil on canvas
70614 Portrait of Captain George Montagu  Portrait of Captain George Montagu   18th century Portrait of Captain George Montagu (1750?C1829)
73662 Portrait of Captain George Montagu  Portrait of Captain George Montagu   Portrait of Captain George Montagu (1750?C1829) 18th century cjr
82845 Portrait of William Cowper  Portrait of William Cowper   1792(1792) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 127 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40 in) cyf
77605 Rear-Admiral  Rear-Admiral   1800(1800) Oil on canvas 63.5 x 76.2 cm (25 x 30 in) cjr
161 Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson  Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson   1800 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 76.2 x 63.5cm
77839 Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson  Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson   Oil on canvas 63.5 ?? 76.2 cm (25 ?? 30 in) cjr
162 Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson_a  Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson_a   1800 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 76.2 x 63.5cm
163 Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Calder  Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Calder   1797 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm
170 Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley  Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley   1795 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 765 x 638 mm
169 Sir Peter Parker  Sir Peter Parker   1799 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 2413 x 1524 mm
168 Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell  Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell   1795-1803 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm
94450 Warren Hastings  Warren Hastings   18th century cjr
Lemuel Francis Abbott
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.



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