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Description: | From The Rev. Elphinstone Rivers, The Vicarage, Eltham, S.E.9.
Lock of Lord Nelson's hair & bullion cut from his epaulette by the musket ball that killed him. Presented to Lieut. W. Rivers by Capt'n Williams. Son of Admiral Sir Thomas Williams
Lord Nelson's hair and the bullion cut from his epaulette by the fatal ball. From Capt. Williams 15 May 1843
A short length of silver bullion from the damaged epaulette of Nelson's Trafalgar uniform, with fair hairs entwined. Framed in a square wooden frame with a white plush mount and two red wax ship seals on the back. A handwritten paper is stuck with drawing pins on the mount: "Lord Nelson's hair and bullion cut from his epaulette by the fatal ball. From Capt. Williams 15 May 1843."
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Rivers W Williams Horatio Nelson hair Capt | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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