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Object number

FDA-E.1343-2014

Object type

Identification

Title

Horatio Nelson

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Other number

SW 153

Description

Dimensions

height (actual size): 650mm
width (actual size): 415mm

Inscription

Lettered 'The Most Nolble Lord Horatio Nelson Viscount & Baron Nelson of the Nile, And of Burnham Thorpe, in the County of Norfolk. Baron Nelson of the Nile & of Hilborough in the said County. Knight of the Most Honourable Order of Bath. Vice Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet. And Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean. Also Duke of Bronte in Sicily. Knight Grand Cross of the sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit. Member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent, and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St. Joachim. Born September 29th 1758.
After a series of transcendant and heroic Services, this Gallant Admiral fell gloriously in the moment of a brilliant & decisive Victory, of the Combined Fleets of France & Spain off Cape Trafalgar, on the 21st of October 1805.'

Inscription description

Stamped with collector's mark 'GWS'

Production

Date

20/06/1805

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College

References

• Smith, J.C., British Mezzotinto Portraits, Part I, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883 (p. 9)
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