Picture
Tinsel picture depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Tinsel picture depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A coloured mezzotint with applied decoration in embossed metal foil and silk. It shows a full-length figure of Nelson holding a telescope, with a naval battle scene behind, including three sailors. Framed and glazed - the black wooden frame has a gold slip.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0370 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Picture |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Fairburn, John |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | circa 1845 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 405 mm x 305 mm x 30 mm |