Picture

Tinsel picture depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Tinsel picture depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A coloured mezzotint with applied decoration in embossed metal foil and silk. It shows a full-length figure of Nelson holding a telescope, with a naval battle scene behind, including three sailors. Framed and glazed - the black wooden frame has a gold slip.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0370
Type: Picture
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Fairburn, John
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: circa 1845
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 405 mm x 305 mm x 30 mm