Portrait plaque

Portrait plaque depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A natural-coloured wax profile plaque showing Nelson wearing the Bath star and a medal, facing left. It is based on the Wedgwood plaque but cut off shorter. It is mounted on red velvet, in a gilded oval wood frame.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0635
Type: Portrait plaque
Display location: Not on display
People: Nelson, Horatio; Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 15/16 in x 1 3/16 in