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Description: | Creamware jug commemorating Admiral of the Fleet, John Jervis, Earl St Vincent (1735-1823) and Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). On one side a portrait inscribed 'EARL ST VINCENT K.B. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE'. Below 'You have heard of a Howard, a Hawkins, a Drake,/Of a Raleigh Hawke Russel Howe Rodney & Blake/But here is a man off St Vincents you'll find him/Who leaves those brave tars at a distance behind him'. Above, the figure of Fame with a banner on a trumpet 'JARVIS Admiral of the BLUE' and Victory, with a ribbon inscribed: 'He hath taken 42 vessels off Martinique and was Commander in Chief at the Reduction of MARTINIQUE, ST LUCIA, MARIE GALANTE, DESEADA, the SAINTS, GUADELOUPE'. To the left, a ship with the inscription below: 'Sir John Jarvis with 15 sail on Feb 14 1797 attacked & defeated the Spanish Fleet who were 27 sail & took 4 of their largest ships'. On the other side a portrait of Nelson, half length, very unlike, surrounded by laurel sprays inscribed 'LORD NELSON'; 'Here's a health to brave Nelson/Old Englands boast/The hero of the Nile/Let this be our toast.' | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Horatio Nelson Adm-Fleet 1735-1823 Jervis John jugs | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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