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Description: | Portrait plaque depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). It is part of a watch stand. The item is pyramid-shaped, cast in relief with a profile porait of Nelson in uniform facing left within a laurel wreath, 'TRAFALGAR / Oct 21.1805' is inscribed below. The portrait is surounded by a laurel wreath and flanked by two sphynxes in the lower corners of the pyramid. Inscribed across the base is: 'NILE COPENHAGEN'.
Inscription. Part of a watch-stand? | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Horatio Nelson portrait plaques | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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