Silk picture

Embroidery worked in wool on yellow silk. Depicts Britannia mourning at a monument surmounted by a bust of Nelson. Fame sits on the memorial steps writing 'The battle of Trafalgar' in a book, Victory crowns the bust. The memorial is inscribed 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LORD VISCOUNT NELSON'. The embroidery is nailed onto a wooden frame.

Object Details

ID: TXT0064
Collection: Textiles
Type: Silk picture
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 21 Oct 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Frame: 735 x 585 x 18 mm
Parts: Silk picture