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Portrait plaque
Portrait plaque depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A wax profile plaque depicting Nelson after the Wedgwood plaque modelled by John de Vaere, but with a pronounced ruffle on the shirt. The face, hair and ruffle are in natural wax, the coat black with touches of red. It is mounted on a black ground and glazed, in a circular brass frame set in a rectangular wooden mount with an acorn finial in brass.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0650 |
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| Type: | Portrait plaque |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 19th century |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 210 mm x 180 mm x 25 mm |