This Monumental Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Ad. Ld. NELSON, who in the moment of Victory gloriously fell fighting for his country is Dedicated to the Navy of Great Britain

Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting a monument surmounted by a pyramid bearing an oval portrait of Nelson. The plinth is inscribed: 'ADL LORD NELSON Born Septr 26th [sic]1758 Died Octr 21st 1805'. Red Ensigns are placed behind to the left and white ensigns to the right. A sailor leans on the left part of the monument and Britannia on the right. Inscribed below: 'This MONUMENTAL TRIBUTE of Respect to the Memory of Ad. Ld. NELSON, who in the moment of Victory gloriously fell fighting for his country is Dedicated to the Navy of Great Britain'. The picture is in a black wooden frame.

Object Details

ID: GGG0508
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Picture on glass
Display location: Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
Creator: Hinton, I.; Hinton, J.
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 1 March 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 235 x 290 x 25 mm