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Description: | Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the battle of the Nile, 1798. The surface is enamelled, the base white, sides royal blue, the lid is painted with a coloured picture of a naval battle, one ship on fire. The scene has a border of white dots and the inscription 'L'Orient on Fire in the Glorious Victory by Adm NELSON', '1st August 1798'. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Orient fl.1798 (French navy) Horatio Nelson patch boxes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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