print; newspaper/periodical

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print; newspaper/periodical

Object Type: print; newspaper/periodical
Museum number: 1880,1113.2248.1-5
Title: Object: The Nelson Column, Trafalgar Square, Nov, 16. 1843; Object: Nelson before Copenhagen; Object: Bas-relief of the Nelson Column - Nelson receiving the officers' swords after the Battle of St Vincent; Object: Bronze alto-relievo, by Woodington, for the Nelson Monument, Trafalgar Square - the Battle of the Nile
Description: View of the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square during construction, surrounding by scaffolding; also four depictions of the tablets representing Nelson's important battles, one of which is larger in size and on different paper, and seems to have been printed for a different publication. 1843 Wood-engraving and letterpress on five sheets
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Production date: 1843
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 156 millimetres (average size of 3 battle depictions); Height: 218 millimetres (fourth battle depiction); Height: 337 millimetres; Width: 152 millimetres (average size of 3 battle depictions); Width: 224 millimetres (fourth battle depiction); Width: 227 millimetres (image of column)
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Curator's comments: These were probably printed for a magazine or newspaper. Dr Joanna Weddell (email Sept 2020) thinks these are from the 'Illustrated London News' of 18 November 1843.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: construction; architectural feature; battle
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Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
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Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,1113.2248.1-5

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