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A Sailor's Observation on the Lamented Death of Lord Nelson (caricature)
This contemporary caricature captures the grief felt by ordinary sailors when they heard the news of Nelson’s death. The sailor on the right is drinking to ‘The memory of the Immortal Hero of the Nile’ – one of the earliest references to this famous toast, which is still drunk at traditional Trafalgar Night Dinners today. Hand-coloured.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF3850 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ackermann, Rudolph; Rowlandson, Thomas Woodward, George Murgatroyd |
| Date made: | 3 Dec 1805 |
| Exhibition: | Broadsides! Caricature and the Navy 1775–1815 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 255 x 345 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 559 mm |
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