Trafalgar - Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, including The Matcham Collection

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Lot 190
  • 190

English School 19th century

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Description

  • English School
  • A Fragment of the Union Flag flying from H.M.S. Victory at the battle of Trafalgar in ivory.

  • inscribed 'A piece of the flag of H.M.S. Victory, arrived rom the Battle  of Trafalgar cut off at Lord Nelson's funeral in St. Paul's Cathedral

    Jan 19th 1806'

  • 6.5 by 16cm.; 2½ by 6¼in.
held in a glazed and ebonised frame with enevelope

Catalogue Note

This item has been viewed by experts at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich and is consistent with the fragments of flag held at the museum