Cut-paper picture

Cut paper picture (découpage) commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The picture is made of blue paper with attached pieces of metal foil, white paper and red leather. In the centre of the upper part, a profile of Nelson in a hat with trophies above, flanked with facing pairs of peacocks and altars with pairs of love birds below them. The lower part of the picture shows a naval action and a house with a pigeon loft on the roof to the left. Inscribed along the base: 'All cut with [scissors] no [pen] no [knife]. The whole is in a gilt wooden frame.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0417
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Cut-paper picture
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 280 mm x 325 mm x 35 mm