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Admiral Lord Nelson
Tinsel picture depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Tinsel picture depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A coloured mezzotint, decorated with embossed metal foil, cut out and mounted on cream wove paper. It shows Nelson full-length and holding a telescope. The picture is inscribed: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON'. It has a heavy gold frame, the glass is bordered with a black and gilt surround.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0373 |
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| Type: | Picture |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Fairburn, John; Fairburn, John |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | circa 1845 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 345 mm x 315 mm x 50 mm |