Reverse painted glass picture depicting ‘Britannia Bringing Her Dead Hero to Britannia's Shore’. The body of Lord Nelson being escorted to home with Britannia, both in a shell-shaped chariot being drawn by a pair of white horses, (emblematic of the white tops of waves), his legend emblazoned on a banner held aloft by the figure of Fame. In the background is a memory of the closing hours of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Published by Hinton Feb. 6th 1806 and within the original black ‘Hogarth’ print frame.
o.s:15.75 in x 11.75 in
Item Code: 4838
£ 1400
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