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Tobacco box
Tobacco box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A rectangular tin tobacco box with a hinged lid in the shape of a book. It is painted in red, green and gold with a scene on the lid of a seaman mourning at Nelson's tomb, which is inscribed 'Nelson 1805 He Conquer'd & Died'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0258 |
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| Type: | Tobacco box |
| Display location: | Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | circa 1806 |
| Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 28 x 100 x 64 mm |
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