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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)
Head-and-shoulders marble bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson on a round socle.
Nelson is shown facing forward, his head turned slightly to his left. He is in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform, with the empty right sleeve pinned straight across at the bottom and the two uniform buttons on the cuff showing the anchors horizontal.
He wears the ribands of the Bath and Crescent, the stars of the Crescent (above), St Ferdinand (left), the Bath (right) and the two Naval gold medals awarded for St Vincent and the Nile, the latter in reverse inscribed: 'NILE / FIRST AUGUST / 1798'. Below the stars another medal is fastened with a ribbon bow, its design showing the 'Victory' and 'Britannia' but probably intended to represent Davison's Nile medal.
Nelson is shown facing forward, his head turned slightly to his left. He is in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform, with the empty right sleeve pinned straight across at the bottom and the two uniform buttons on the cuff showing the anchors horizontal.
He wears the ribands of the Bath and Crescent, the stars of the Crescent (above), St Ferdinand (left), the Bath (right) and the two Naval gold medals awarded for St Vincent and the Nile, the latter in reverse inscribed: 'NILE / FIRST AUGUST / 1798'. Below the stars another medal is fastened with a ribbon bow, its design showing the 'Victory' and 'Britannia' but probably intended to represent Davison's Nile medal.
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Object Details
| ID: | SCU0092 |
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| Collection: | Sculpture |
| Type: | Bust |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Thaller, Franz Christian; Ranson, Matthias Thaller and Ranson |
| Date made: | 19th century |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 686 mm x 76 kg |
| Parts: | Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) |