Admiral Hugo

Hugo was a cat my niece Allison rescued, who had to have his right front leg amputated but found a way to get around on the remaining three legs for the rest of his life. Despite being short a leg he always had an air of being in charge like an admiral. Hugo’s portrait is based on the famous portrait of Admiral Nelson by Abbott. In the original portrait, Nelson is depicted with his right sleeve pinned across the front of his coat because he lost his right arm in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797.