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          Abbott was a Leicestershire-born portraitist who studied under another painter of portraits and figure subjects, Francis Hayman.

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          Lemuel "Francis" Abbott (/61 – 5 December ) was an English portrait painter, famous for his likeness of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (currently hanging in the Terracotta Room of number 10 Downing Street) and for those of other naval officers and literary figures of the 18th century.

          Life and work

          He was born Lemuel Abbott in Leicestershire in or , the son of clergyman Lemuel Abbott, curate of Anstey (and later vicar of Thornton) and his wife Mary.[2] In , at the age of 14, he became a pupil of Francis Hayman and lived in London, but returned to his parents after his teacher's death in [2] There he continued to develop his artistic talents independently, but some authorities have suggested that he may also have studied with Joseph Wright of Derby.[1][3][4]

          In , Abbott married Anna Maria, and again settled in London, residing for many years in Caroline Street in Bloomsbury.

          Although he exhibited at the Royal Academy, he never be