Nelson Collection (page 9)

Nelsons Father
EDMUND NELSON, rector of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, whose son Horatio became a sailor. Date: 18th century

George Nelson, Mayor
GEORGE NELSON London merchant, Lord Mayor of London Date: ? - 1766

The Nelson Centenary celebration - Trafalgar Square - October 21st 1905. Horatio Lord Nelson died during the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805. Date: 1905

Britannia Monument, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
The Britannia Monument - a commemorative column built in memorial to Admiral Horatio Nelson, situated on the Denes, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Designed by Architect William Wilkins

Nelson Monument on Carlton Hill, Edinburgh Date: 1908

Lord Nelson Duncan Sandys MP
From left: Lord Nelson, Duncan Sandys, MP, Prince Bernhard, Roland Beamont and Frederick Page

Battle of Trafalgar (1805). Death of the English Admiral Horatio Nelson. Etching

Attack from the English fleet led by the Admiral Nelson in Tenerife (1797). Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum

GUZZARDI, Leonardo (18th century). Horatio Nelson. Oil on canvas

Unidentified cartoons

LCC-LFB Major fire, Grand Hotel, Trafalgar Square
Westminster and Soho firefighters were joined by almost 100 other firefighters as fire engulfed the seventh floor and roof of the Grand Hotel on the corner of Northumberland Avenue

Book cover design, How to Fly: or the Conquest of the Air, by Richard Ferris, London: Thomas Nelson & Son. 1910. Showing a man in a primitive monoplane. 1910

Paybook of HMS Victory, recording the death of Lord Viscount Horatio Nelson 21st October 1805 Date: 21st October 1805

The champion trotting Stallion Nelson, by Young Rolfe, dam G

The Victory (Nelsons Flagship), stern, Portsmouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. The Victory (Nelsons Flagship), stern, Portsmouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronte, &c. &c
Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronte, &c.&c. Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronte, &c.&c

Belle of Nelson. Old fashion. Home made sour mash. Whiskey. Date c188(3?) October 2

London policeman and Lord Nelson lookalike
A London policeman and a participant in the Lord Mayors Show, City of London, dressed as Lord Nelson. circa 1911

The Sphere Christmas Number 1939
Front cover of The Sphere Christmas Number featuring a Dutch painting by Terborch of two ladies singing and playing a lute. A servant boy brings in a tray. Decoration by Harold Nelson. Date: 1939

England / Luddenham
Luddenham village, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England. It was the Lord Nelson public house that Branwell Bronte frequented while working as a railway clerk Date: 1950s

Oxford Canal Cruisers
Two converted narrow boats Mandy and Nelson, cruising on the Oxford Canal, near Lower Shuckburgh, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

British Submarine
One of the earliest submarines in the Royal Navy in Portsmouth harbour, with Nelsons Victory in the background. Date: circa 1910

Trafalgar Square 1968
Nelsons Column and St. Martins church, Trafalgar Square, central London. Date: 1968

Trafalgar Sq. Silhouette
Silhouettes in Trafalgar Square, London. The equine statue in the foreground is George IV, with Nelsons Column in the background. Date: 1950s

Nelsons Column, made of Portland stone, 145 feet high, was erected by public subscription 1840-43, from designs by Railton. The statue on top is by E.H. Baily. Date: 1950s

Fish - Pelorus Jack - New Zealand
Pelorus Jack - a Rissos dolphin that was famous for meeting and escorting ships through a stretch of water in Cook Strait, New Zealand, between 1888 and 1912

Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London
General view of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London, looking down the River Thames from Big Ben. From the right can be seen County Hall, the Dome of Discovery

RMS Queen Mary compared in size with Buckingham Palace
The newly launched RMS Queen Mary compared with Buckingham Palace and other large buildings. With other indications of her size, power, speed and safety. Date: 1934

Sir William Hamilton
SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON diplomat and antiquary, notably in Italy : widely known for his marriage to Emma, but a serious scholar in his own right Date: 1730 - 1803

Lord Nelson / Silhouette
HORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officer Date: 1758 - 1805

Nelson, New Zealand

Nelsons arrival in Goldfield, Nervada, Battling Nelson vs Joe Gans, Boxing, Gans dropped Nelson repeatedly during the bout, but could not knock him out

Dublin - Nelson Pillar and Upper O Connell Street. This large granite pillar was destroyed by a bomb in 1966

Whitehall and Trafalgar Square
The end of Whitehall, London, with a view toward Trafalgar Square with Nelsons Column and the National Gallery

The exact spot Admiral Nelson fell
The exact spot at which Admiral Horatio Nelson fell during the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805 is marked on the deck of HMS Victory by this small brass plaque

HMS Victory - Nelsons Flagship - in drydock at Portsmouth

Northumberland House, London
The demolition of Northumberland House, Charing Cross, making way for a new road between Trafalgar Square and the river. View from the old garden

Nelson Line poster
Poster in French advertising the Nelson Line and its Paris agents J.M. Currie & Co, a cargo shipping line which began in the 1880s and pioneered the carriage of refrigerated goods, including meat

Trafalgar Square lion
View of one of the lions at the foot of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square, Central London, at the time of the Nelson Centenary Celebrations

HMS Nelson - British Naval Battleship
H.M.S. Nelson - at the time (when built in 1927) Britains most powerful Battleship. Scrapped in 1949

The waistcoat of Nelson worn at the Battle of Trafalgar
This is an illustration of a relic of Nelson. It is the waistcoat worn by him at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

The boy Nelson embarking on his first voyage, 1770
Nelson entered the Navy as midshipman on board the Raisonnable of which his uncle Maurice Suckling was Captain. He is seen here embarking on his first voyage in the winter of 1770

Portrait of Viscount Horatio Nelson
This is a fine engraving by W. Finden from the original by Hoppner

Nelson on leave at St. Omer, France, 1784
Captain Nelson, on half-pay during peacetime, decided it was economical to stay in France, in St. Omer near Dunkirtk. This was towards the end of 1874

The coat worn by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar
This is an illustration of a relic of Nelson. It is the coat worn by him at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Nelsons devotion to his friend Hardy
Captain Horatio Nelson ordering the Minerva to slow under the guns of the Spaniards in order that Hardy might be saved. Hardy had gone to the rescue of a sailor who had fallen overboard

The sleeping cabin of Lord Nelson
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory as shown for the first time in colour after its redecoration and restoration as it would have appeared at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Portrait of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton
This is a portrait of Emma Hart, later to become Lady Hamilton and mistress of Admiral Nelson. She is seen here walking on Adelphi Terrace

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