[1] It depicts Nelson in the full dress uniform of rear admiral.

It was commissioned by the Corporation of the City of Norwich, the capital of Nelson's native county Norfolk.

[2] It depicts Nelson following his triumph at the Battle of the Nile, in the period he was Britain's most famous living admiral.

The original work today hangs in Norwich's St Andrew's Hall.

[3] The sketch portrait made in preparation for the larger work by Beechey still survives and is today one of the better known images of the Admiral.