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Object Type
Museum number: 1850,1214.137
Description: Portrait of Horatio Nelson, half-length, standing slightly to left, with head tilted to left and turned to look to right; wearing sash over naval uniform with epaulettes, stars, two medals suspended from a ribbon around his neck, black neckerchief, his right sleeve pinned to front, in a roundel, surmounted by crown, flanked by the roundels, the one at left with Nelson's coat of arms, the other at right with his monument at St Pauls Cathedral; map below; highlights of Nelson's life listed with dates in letterpress below. Lithograph and letterpress
Producer name: Printed by: W Sharp; Published by: Colnaghi
School/style
Production date: 1806-1830
Production place: Printed in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: lithograph; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 625 millimetres (sheet); Width: 397 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron and Viscount Nelson; Associated with: William IV, King of the United Kingdom
Associated places: Associated with: London
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1850
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1850,1214.137

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