Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The death of Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (Horatio Nelson) NPG D13768

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by Samuel Drummond

Mass-produced, unsigned etchings such as this would have been circulated widely through urban printshops. They played an important part in promoting the nationwide 'cult of Nelson' which had grown up around the hero during his lifetime and which intensified after his death. Based on a painting by Samuel Drummond, the composition of this etching is particularly dramatic. Billowing sails and clouds of smoke fill the air as a wounded Nelson is carried down to the lower deck in a scene reminiscent of traditional representations... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.