The Death of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1805
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
137 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341518
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, The Death of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), Staffordshire Pottery. Ful-length Staffordshire figures of Lord Nelson, seated, in cocked hat, worn athwartships, seated on the ground (right). An Officer kneeling, bare-headed, right hand on Nelson's shoulder, left holding Nelson's left hand; a civilian (left), bare-headed and kneeling on his right knee. A sail behind the group.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
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Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter