Portrait of Lord Nelson, drawn from life by Simon de Koster, 8 Dec 1800, engraved by James Stow.

Portrait of Lord Nelson, drawn from life by Simon de Koster, 8 Dec 1800, engraved by James Stow and published, 1 January 1801, by J Brydon, 7 Charing Cross Road, together with a covering note (?) in Nelson's hand presenting it( ?) to 'his friend' Mrs Denis, 26 Feb 1801.

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ID:	HSR/U/27
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1800 - 1801; 1800-01-01 - 1801-12-31
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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(Manuscript) (HSR/T/9) Petition to the Constable of Dover Castle from the Barons of the Cinque Ports to take part in the coronation of George IV, 1 July 1820. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/1) Draft of a congratulatory address to George III on the occasion of the battle of Trafalgar by the Corporation of Great Yarmouth, 26 November 1805. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/2) Transferred to PUS/3. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/3) Transferred to PUS/4. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/4) Signature of Sir John Barrow, n.d. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/5) A group of letters mounted on canvas, relating to the painting of Napoleon Bonaparte on board HMS BELLEROPHON in Plymouth Sound, by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, exhibited in 1815. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/6/1-2) Lord Northesk, Coat of Arms, (formerly FD/49). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/7) MARY ROSE ordnance. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/8) Survey of the population of the Pitcairn Islands by Richard Thompson, 1837, (formerly SCN/5). 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Portrait of Lord Nelson, drawn from life by Simon de Koster, 8 Dec 1800, engraved by James Stow.

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