Battle of Copenhagen
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
85 x 140 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 742047
Summary
Print, coloured postcard, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) at the Battle of Copenhagen. Text reads 'Battle of Copenhagen. Nelson holding the telescope to his blind eye, says he cannot see Admiral Parker's signal to retreat. April 1801'. Originally produced as part of a set of eight, this one is the only one in the collection.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.