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Francis Abbott
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Francis Abbot was an English portrait painter, famous for his Nelson
and other Naval officers and literary figures of the 18th century.
A portrait of Horatio Nelson by Abbott is in The Terracotta Room at
10 Downing Street.
He was
born in Leicestershire about 1760/61, the son of a Leicestershire clergyman,
and became a pupil of Francis Hayman in 1775 and lived in London.
He exhibited
at the Royal Academy but never became an Academician. He became insane
when he was about 40 was attended by Dr. Thomas Munro (1759-1833) the
chief physician to Bethlem Hospital and a specialist in mental disorders,
Munro also treated the insanity of King George III (1738-1820). Abbott
died in London on 5 December 1802.
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