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Horatio Nelson

British admiral (1758–1805)

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Images featuring Horatio Nelson

26 images from works
  • Funeral procession of Horatio, Lord Nelson, from Greenwich to Whitehall in 1806. Etching with engraving, 1806.
  • The death of Lord Nelson on the quarter deck aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Rogers after A. Devis, 1807.
  • The Royal Naval Exhibition at Chelsea: exhibits and visitors. Wood engraving by R. Taylor & Co., ca. 1900 (?).
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: visitors in the Painted Hall, with Horatio Nelson's catafalque. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1813.
  • The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1806, after W.M. Craig.
  • The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by G. Clint after S. Drummond, 1807.
  • The funeral ceremony for Lord Nelson in Saint Paul's Cathedral in 1806. Aquatint by N.I.W.C. Heideloff and J. Bluck after A.D. Macquin, 1806.
  • The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by R. Golding, 1809, after B. West.
  • The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Process print.

Works from the collections

44 works

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    The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1814.

    | Date: 1814 | Reference: 548037i
    • Pictures

    Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

    Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. | Date: May 1809 | Reference: 646157i
    • 3-D Objects
    • Online

    Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson. Wax relief.

    | Reference: 45764i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Lord Nelson's tomb. Line engraving with etching by J. Landseer after R. Smirke, 1809.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: 1809 | Reference: 46691i
    • Books

    The Nelson collection at Lloyd's : a description of the Nelson relics and a transcript of the autograph letters and documents of Nelson and his circle and of other naval papers of Nelson's period / edited by Warren R. Dawson ... with twenty-one plates.

    | Date: 1932

Related topics

Sailors
Ships
Death
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805
United Kingdom
18th-19th centuries
Admirals

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