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Title
The Nelson Monument
Date
1807–1816
Medium
droved ashlar, timber, glazing & zinc
Measurements
H 3200 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
EH7_CB_S002
Acquisition method
commissioned by a group of subscribers who heard about his death
Work type
Monument
Work status
extant
Listing status
A (Scotland)
Listing date
19/04/66
Inscription description
on a plaque above the entrance, an inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF / VICE-ADMIRAL / HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, / AND OF THE GREAT VICTORY OF TRAFALGAR, / TOO DEARLY PURCHASED WITH HIS BLOOD, / THE GRATEFUL CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH / HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT: / NOT TO EXPRESS THEIR UNAVAILING SORROW FOR HIS DEATH: / NOR YET TO CELEBRATE THE MATCHLESS GLORIES OF HIS LIFE:- / BUT, BY HIS NOBLE EXAMPLE TO TEACH THEIR SONS / TO EMULATE WHAT THEY ADMIRE, AND, LIKE HIM, WHEN DUTY REQUIRES IT, / TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY. / AD MDCCCV