Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)

Bronze statuette of Nelson (after E.H. Baily's statue of 1843 on Nelson's Column), showing the sitter with hat and sword but not the supporting coil of rope of the original. It is inscribed 'TRFALGAR' 1805 on the base. This item is part of the Sutcliffe-Smith Collection, on loan to the Museum from 1946 and purchased in July 1974.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0510
Type: Statuette
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Baily, Edward Hodges
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: After 1843
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 155 mm x 55 mm x 55 mm