Stocking

Silk stocking with blue stripes worn by Nelson when wounded at Tenerife. Non-regulation clothing as worn with uniform.

Object Details

ID: TXT0382
Collection: Textiles
Type: Stocking
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1797
Date made: circa 1797
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection
Measurements: Textile: 799 x 217 mm