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Description: | White vitreous paste cameo executed on a light blue background. The cameo is decorated with a portrait depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), facing to the left. The cameo is contained within a large oval gilt metal mount, complete with a suspension ring. The mount is decorated in relief, with a depiction of Diogenes holding a lantern in his left hand, while he indicates with his right hand the portrait of Nelson. In the background there is a depiction of a landscape and a tub with a book protruding from it. Naval trophies are shown below.
caption: Cameo | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | cameos Horatio Nelson Warner Diogenes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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