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Southampton City Museums, Collections Management Centre
Southampton
Title
Admiral Lord Nelson (1758–1805)
Date
c.1905
Medium
oak & copper
Accession number
SOTLS : 1982.893.1
Work type
Bust
Inscription description
on front of socle: NELSON / This Bust Contains Victory Copper For Nelson Centenary. Oct. 21 1905 present by British & Foreign Sailors Society E. R. VIII. / Plaque on plinth inscribed - presented to the County Borough of Southampton by The British & Foreign Sailors Society (Local Ladies Guild) in recognition of the successful efforts of the Private Schools, Public and Elementary Schools and the Concert raising the sum of £250 for the Nelson Centenary Fund for the[...] / TRAFALGAR DAY OCT. 21st 1905. COL. E. BANCE; on reverse of socle: BRITISH & FOREIGN SAILORS SOCIETY. / Patron H.R.H. THE PRINCE of WALES / Vice Patron the DUKE OF FIFE K.T. / President JOHN CORY ESQ. / Vice President HIS GRACE / THE ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY; on plaque affixed to socle: OAK AND COPPER FROM H.M.S.VICTORY / GIVEN BY THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY