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Description
- The Palermo Artist
- Baron Nelson of the Nile
engraved by Burke, from an original drawing taken at Palermo, in Possession of Captain I.B. Savage
published by John Brydon, 1800
stipple engraving
- 40 by 32cm.; 15¾ by 12½in.
Literature
Rihcard Walker, The Nelson Portraits, 1998, p. 94-99
Catalogue Note
This work clearly shows the chelengk or turban decoration in Nelson's hat awarded to him by Sultan Selim III after the Battle of the Nile.