Monument to Horatio Nelson Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Monument to Horatio Nelson NPG D38487
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Thomas Charles Wageman, published by John Clark, published by and after George Ballisat
Nelson's victories during the wars with France gripped the popular imagination, making him the most enduring of British heroes. In 1793, following the outbreak of war with France, he lost an eye in a successful attack on Corsica. Nelson's strategic brilliance was confirmed at the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) and the Battle of the Nile (1798). This was followed by the great controversy of Nelson's career when, because of his passion for Emma Hamilton, he refused to leave Naples to defend Minorca.... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










