Goblet
A large goblet, with a round bowl, baluster stem and plain foot. Wheel-engraved with a scene inscribed 'NELSON . WOUNDED . AT . TENERIFFE . JULY . 24 . 1797' after the painting by Richard Westall (BHC0498) painted and engraved for Clarke and McArthur's 'Life of Nelson' (1809). On the other side, a warship in full sail inscribed 'VICTORY'.
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Object Details
ID: | GGG0088 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Goblet |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1797 |
Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
Date made: | circa 1870 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 285 x 195 mm |