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Description: | Oval enamel process miniature in an elaborate moulded gilt composition presentation frame with a wooden back and a suspension ring for wall or cabinet display. The bust-length portrait is a copy of Abbott's of 1799 (BHC2889) showing Nelson as a rear-admiral, and wearing in his hat the diamond chelengk presented to him by the Sultan of Turkey after the Battle of the Nile (1798). It is apparently a mechanically produced reproduction, not an individual one, and is part of the Sutcliffe-Smith Collection of Nelsoniana (no.181).
caption: Horatio Nelson - front | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Abbott Lemuel Francis Horatio Nelson miniatures (medals) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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