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Title
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758–1805), 1st Viscount Nelson
Date
1951
Medium
bronze
Accession number
PO1_MP_S011
Acquisition method
presented to the city by H. J. Aldous
Work type
Statue
Owner
Portsmouth City Council
Custodian
Portsmouth City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
11th July 1951
Listing date
18/03/99
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
F. BROOK HITCH FBRS
Inscription description
front plinth: 21 OCTOBER /1805; front Steps: HERE SERVED HORATIO NELSON / YOU WHO TREAD HIS FOOTSTEPS / REMEMBER HIS GLORY; plaque one: HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON-KB / DUKE OF BRONTE IN SICILY / VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE / HIS LAST HOURS IN ENGLAND / BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE BATTLE OF / TRAFALGAR WERE SPENT AT THE / GEORGE HOTEL HIGH ST PORTSMOUTH / WHICH HOTEL WAS DESTROYED WITH A GREAT PART OF PORTSMOUTH IN / A GERMAN AIR RAID ON THIS CITY / ON JANUARY 10th-11th 1941 / HIS REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO / SPITHEAD DECEMBER 4th 1805 ON BOARD H.M.S. VICTORY WHICH SHIP / WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE FOREFOOT / BY A BOMB IN A RAID ON THE 10th MARCH 1941; plaque two: NELSON'S PRAYER / MAY THE GREAT GOD WHOM / I WORSHIP GRANT TO MY COUNTRY / AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF EUROPE IN GENERAL A GREAT AND GLORIOUS / VICTORY AND MAY NO MISCONDUCT IN ANY ONE TARNISH IT - AND MAY / HUMANITY AFTER VICTORY BE THE / PREDOMINANT FEATURE IN THE / BRITISH FLEET. FOR MYSELF INDIVIDUALLY / I COMMIT MY LIFE TO HIM THAT MADE / ME AND MAY HIS BLESSING ALIGHT / ON MY ENDEAVOURS FOR SERVING / MY COUNTRY FAITHFULLY. TO HIM / I RESIGN MYSELF AND THE JUST CAUSE / WHICH IT IS ENTRUSTED TO ME/TO DEFEND/AMEN.AMEN.AMEN; plaque three: PRESENTED / BY / HERBERT J.ALDOUS LRCS., L.S.A. FROM WHOSE DESIGNS / THIS SCULPTOR WORKED / F. BROOK HITCH F.R.B.S.