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Description: | Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting Nelson on the deck of 'Victory', supported by a kneeling figure representing Victory (left) with helmet and shield. Hope holds his hand. A cherub on the left with ships in action below. He holds a scroll inscribed: 'Victory fifteen sail has already struck'. Inscribed across the base 'ADMIRAL NELSON falling into the Arms of VICTORY The Rt. Honble. Vice Admiral Lord Viscount NELSON, Duke of BRONTE who was mortally WOUNDED by a MUSKET SHOT in the left Breast in the Action of the 21. Oct. 1805 off Cape TRAFALGAR, with the Combined Fleets of FRANCE & SPAIN, when 19 Sail of the LINE was taken, Sunk or Destroyed, to the GLORY of BRITISH SAILORS.' Mounted in a contemporary black beaded frame. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Horatio glass paintings Nelson | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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