Live Auction 17199British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
William Brassey Hole, R.S.A., R.S.W., R.P.E. (1846-1917)
Lot 74

William Brassey Hole, R.S.A., R.S.W., R.P.E. (1846-1917)

The Death of Nelson

Closed11 July 2019

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GBP 21,250

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William Brassey Hole, R.S.A., R.S.W., R.P.E. (1846-1917)
The Death of Nelson
signed 'Wm Hole' (lower right)
oil on canvas
47 ½ x 62 ½ in. (120.5 x 159 cm.)

The artist, and by descent to his son
Gilbert Hole (d. 1967), by whom given to
Gillespie & Paterson, Edinburgh.

Specialist note

This grand, slightly theatrical depiction of the moment during the Battle of Trafalgar when Admiral Lord Nelson was mortally wounded uses a certain amount of artistic licence to heighten the dramatic tension, and may well have been composed as an illustration for an unknown publication.