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Horatio Nelson, 1758 - 1805, 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White
Oval enamel process miniature in an elaborate moulded gilt composition presentation frame with a wooden back and a suspension ring for wall or cabinet display. The bust-length portrait is a copy of Abbott's of 1799 (BHC2889) showing Nelson as a rear-admiral, and wearing in his hat the diamond chelengk presented to him by the Sultan of Turkey after the Battle of the Nile (1798). It is apparently a mechanically produced reproduction, not an individual one, and is part of the Sutcliffe-Smith Collection of Nelsoniana (no.181).
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Object details
| ID: | MNT0024 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Miniature |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | unidentified; Abbott, Lemuel Francis |
| Date made: | Late 19th century |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Abbott, Lemuel Francis |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 62 x 50 mm |