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Description: | Clock case containing a miniature of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A marble clock case with ormolu mounts depicting mourning male and female figures and antique military trophies. It stands on a square base supported by lions with an obelisk placed above. The clock dial has been replaced by a miniature of Nelson, enamelled on copper and inscribed on the reverse: 'Adm Viscount Nelson...Aug 1801. Painted by Henry Bone ARA enamel painter to HRH Prince of Wales - after John Hoppner RA.'
Inscription. Decoration: pierced; in the Empire style; the portrait is after John Hoppner. Finial missing. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Horatio Nelson clocks | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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