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Call Number:

PH-02157

Collection Name:

The Life of Nelson

Creator:

Westall

No. of Items:

12 items

Span Dates:

1895

Description:

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. The life of Nelson, by Robert Southey, with twelve illustrations by Westall, printed in Woodburytype, plans, &c. London: Bickers and Son, 1895. Photographically-illustrated book containing 12 Woodburytype reproductions of paintings. Titles of plates follow.

964:3566:0001 -- Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., Etc., Etc.;
964:3566:0002 -- Burnham Thorpe Parsonage. (Nelson’s Birthplace);
964:3566:0003 -- Nelson’s Encounter with a Bear;
964:3566:0004 -- Lieut. Nelson Volunteering to Board a Prize In a Violent Gale;
964:3566:0005 -- H.M.S. Captain Boarding the San Nicolas and the San Josef;
964:3566:0006 -- The San Nicolas and San Josef Carried by Boarding;
964:3566:0007 -- Nelson’s Conflict with a Spanish Launch;
964:3566:0008 -- Nelson Wounded at Teneriffe;
964:3566:0009 -- The Battle of the Nile, August 1, 1798;
964:3566:0010 -- The Battle of Copenhagen, April 2, 1801;
964:3566:0011 -- The Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805;
964:3566:0012 -- The Death of Nelson.

Accession No(s):

964:3566:0001-0012; Purchase from Helmut Gernsheim.

Location(s):

DA 87.1 N487 1895a HRC-P
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