This Print represents the Monument in Guildhall of the City of London, in Commemoration of Admiral Lord Visct Nelson

Technique includes aquatinting.

A detailed drawing of the monument to Nelson in the Guildhall of the City of London. There was a genuine outpouring of national grief following the news of Nelson's death at the victorious Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Many monuments were erected to the great naval hero.

Object Details

ID: PAH7319
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ballisat, George; Clark, John Wageman, Thomas Charles
Date made: 1 Apr 1810
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 834 mm x 605 mm