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Description: | Stockings worn by Nelson (1758-1805) at the Battle of Trafalgar. The stockings are finely knittted using white thread that is a cotton/wool blend. At the top, where they would be secured with a garter, on both sides of each stocking is the numeral 'II' below an 'N', underneath a coronet. These laundry marks have been worked in cross stitch using blue thread. The toes, sole and heel of the stockings have been knitted using a slightly heavier gauge of wool that is also slightly darker in colour. This would serve to both re-inforce areas that received heavy wear and provide added warmth. The stockings are heavily blood stained, the blood is probably that of Nelson's secretary, Scott, killed earlier in the action.
caption: Nelson Trafalgar Uniform - Stocking, detail of blood
caption: Non-regulation stockings
caption: Nelson Trafalgar Uniform - Coat laying flat with stockings | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | stockings Trafalgar Royal Naval uniform regulations 1795-1812: Flag Officers (undress) Jane D Lewis Greenwich Hospital Personal objects Horatio Nelson Nelson's great battles Roteley Rotely The National Maritime Museum - The Collections Nelson the man | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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