Inscribed 'Lord Nelson Bird nesting', by the artist. This is the eighth of a group of 11 designs (out of 32 that Foster did) for wood-engravings to illustrate the 1854 edition of Southey's 'Life of Nelson' published by David Bogue, London. The others, not all in necessarily finished form and not in chronological order, are PAE5373-PAE5383. This one (coloured in the print form, in which Fanny Nelson wears a hat, but not here) appears facing p. 68 which recounts the story of how Nelson, when a captain on half-pay and living with his wife at Burnham rectory (1788-93), would occasionally do this accompanied by his wife Fanny. Other images in the edition were done by Edward Duncan (10) or reproduced pictures by Richard Westall, Sir Thomas Lawrence and other uncredited but mostly identifiable sources. The title here is as published. For Foster's full contributions to the edition see PAE5373. [PvdM 9/15]