Photographs, prints and papers relating to research and publication of the biography

Includes prints of Merton, Nelson, Lady Nelson, Horatia Nelson and Emma Hamilton portraits, paintings of related ships and a copy of an early example of Nelson's left -handed writing in a print of a letter he wrote from the THESEUS, Aug 1797. Also Nelson family tree.

Administrative / biographical background
Nelson bought a house in Merton in 1801. It was the only house he ever owned and lived in. Known as Merton Place, it was pulled down in 1817.

Record Details

Item reference: LEN/1/6
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: FILE
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1942-1946
Creator: Lenanton, Carola Mary Anima
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London