page_title: The Death of Nelson (Maclise painting)
section_title: The two paintings
hierarchical_section_title: The Death of Nelson (Maclise painting) / The two paintings
caption_attribution_description: English: A detail from the wall painting in the Royal palace of the Palace of Westminster, London, England, by Daniel Maclise
context_page_description: The Death of Nelson is a wall painting in the Royal Gallery of the Palace of Westminster by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise. A finished study for it, in the form of a painting, is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, Merseyside.
context_section_description: The study, copied for the wall painting, was created in 1859–64 and is organised as a frieze, in a long narrow format.  It shows the dying Admiral Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory, cradled in the arms of Captain Hardy, with other figures, including Dr Beatty, leaning over him. They are surrounded by members of the crew.  Maclise took trouble over the accuracy of details in the picture; he interviewed survivors of the battle and researched the naval equipment in use at the time.  However the painting is not an accurate account of the event, because Nelson was quickly taken below decks, where he died; it is rather an idealisation of the event.  Included in the painting are two black people; this is likely to be historically accurate as two men from Africa were included in the crew of HMS Victory.  At this time people of African descent were integrated with other members of the crew, although they tended to work in the lower ranks. One of the Africans is pointing towards the assassin of Nelson.
caption: Detail from The Death of Nelson in the Palace of Westminster
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