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Description: | Creamware jug, transfer-printed in black, on one side with a portrait of Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), flanked by putti with trumpets and laurels, surmounted by a naval crown, all above a plan of the Battle of the Nile, 1798, with named ships. Inscribed above: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON' below 'BATTLE of the NILE'. On the other side a cutter with a topsail under sail, wearing an ensign and a swallow-tailed pennant. The sea below the vessel is bordered with a trophy of classical armour, weapons, standards etc. Under the lip, hand-painted initials and a date in black are shown within a transfer-printed floral border: 'TL1799'. The portrait is taken from an engraving published by John Fairburn, London, 6 November 1798 (see PAD3761).
caption: Jug | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | The Nile Horatio Nelson Nelson's great battles jugs | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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