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Portrait plaque
Portrait plaque depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Plaster relief with the sitter shown in profile and wearing a uniform. who is facing left. The figure is coloured pink on a white background. It is mounted in a green velvet frame and is glazed with a gilt metal, oval surround. Signed: 'Tassie F. 1805' on the base. 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON DIED IN THE GLORIOUS BATTLE OFF TRAFALGAR OCT 21 1805' (on truncation).
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0583 |
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| Type: | Portrait plaque |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Tassie, William |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Queen Mary, Consort of King George V |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 200 mm x 130 mm x 25 mm |