Impression
Wax seal impression, which is decorated with a profile portrait depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), and inscribed with the words 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. The seal impression is contained within a turned wooden box.
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Object Details
ID: | JEW0299 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Impression |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Brook |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
Date made: | 19th century |
People: | Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
Measurements: | Overall: 15 mm; Diameter: 44 mm |
Parts: | Impression |