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'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0258
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