“what’s in my backpack?” Nick Nelson’s version.

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I’ve shown many portraits of Lady Hamilton, but when Élisabeth-Louise Le Brun painted Nelson’s lover, we always see … teeth! Le Brun admired Emma’s beauty, but had no kind words for Emma’s intelligence. Didn’t stop her from painting Emma at least 3 times, though.

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1805 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led a British fleet to a decisive victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar.

Watch our video on Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory here: https://t.co/eUZMJnsOWN

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Nelson’s Folly, Guest Post by : was his wife, my ancestor, really a cold-hearted shrew as seemed to be her legacy, or was she actually his most devoted supporter? https://t.co/XbXawltfCg

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Spotted: TFG, RBG and George Floyd New Yorker covers. Brian Stauffer’s “Under Control” (March 2, 2020); Bob Staake’s “Icons” (October 5, 2020), and Kadir Nelson’s “Say Their Names” (June 22, 2020).

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a look into nick nelson’s camera roll :]

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In this week’s SAGA discussion you’ll hear a debate regarding Foggy Nelson’s superhero merits, a discussion around Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples as cruel antagonistic creators & full-on sobbing as Lisa sings Hazel’s “chubby baby” lullaby. Don’t miss it—> https://t.co/XPodvFS0Ug

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Daredevil (Jan1968)
Daredevil learns that Stilt-Man has been hired to eliminate Nelson from the DA race in "Farewell to Foggy!" Script Stan Lee, Penciler Gene Colan, Inker George Klein: This pivotal event in Murdock-Nelson’s partnership, doesn’t carry enough gravitas. 3.5.5

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WATCH: Jennifer Yuh Nelson’s Storyboards on ‘Pop Squad’ from ‘Love, Death + Robots’: Netflix shares a new video featuring side-by-side storyboards and corresponding animation from the Annie Award-nominated episode, helmed by the ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ and ‘3’… https://t.co/MXO4cp84KZ

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2/3: In my ‘day job’ I’m often reminded of the importance of Black History across UK islands. From the sailor fighting alongside Nelson on HMS Victory – depicted on Nelson’s Column – to the Anti-Slavery token excavated in a burial at Haslar Naval Hospital, Gosport.

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Davis asked around for a pistol and was given one by a friend. He went directly to Nelson’s office, found him standing in front if it, raised the pistol and shot him in the chest. The bullet tore through Nelson’s heart, and he died within 30 minutes.

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THE 100TH ANNUAL AWARDS CUBE WINNERS ARE UNVEILED! wins 7 Gold Cubes, 1 Bronze Cub, and the Best of Discipline Award for “Say Their Names” for Swipe to see Nelson’s ADC Cube winning paintings!

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May 1781. The “War of the Posts” - After Lord Rawdon abandoned Camden, Nathanael Greene turned his attention to a string of British forts in South Carolina. He sent Lee, Marion, & Sumter on raids and the forts began falling: Fort Motte, Fort Granby, Orangeburg, & Nelson’s Ferry.

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Mark Nelson’s beautiful b+W art on the first Dark Horse ‘Aliens’ series has such a fantastic hand-drawn feel. It has the crazed detail of a stoner’s school book doodle.

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Nelson’s alarm shows that time is running out, which means he has to get out of here before something bad is about to happen!

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Kadir Nelson’s “Say Their Names”
— The New Yorker, June 22, 2020

https://t.co/vovIkhxjbK

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Dutch Fair on Yarmouth Beach, George Vincent, 1821 (). Trading ships pulled up on the sand for a bustling market that can last only for the duration of a low tide. Nelson’s (original) column in the background.

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Before Bob Monkhouse was a film star and a comedian he was a comic-book artist and cartoonist. I met him once and I was in awe of him. A comic he drew in the late 1940s was called Captain Crash and this is a homage I drew to that, with the captain sitting atop Nelson’s Column.

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Davis asked around for a pistol and was given one by a friend. He went directly to Nelson’s office, found him standing in front if it, raised the pistol and shot him in the chest. The bullet tore through Nelson’s heart, and he died within 30 minutes.

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Given that it’s Nelson’s birthday (#OnThisDay in 1758) and my feed is full of romantic portraits of Britain’s greatest naval hero, I thought I’d go with Gillray’s slightly more irreverent take. (Image: V&A Museum)

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