FDA-E.1343-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1343-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Horatio Nelson
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
SW 153
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 650mm
width (actual size): 415mm
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.'
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
Person
Barnard, William, c.1774 - 1849 (Engraver)
Abbott, Lemuel Francis, 1760/61 - 1802 (Source artist)
Barnard, William, c.1774 - 1849 (Publisher)
Abbott, Lemuel Francis, 1760/61 - 1802 (Source artist)
Barnard, William, c.1774 - 1849 (Publisher)
Date
20/06/1805
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• Smith, J.C., British Mezzotinto Portraits, Part I, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883 (p. 9)
