Funerary Monument to Horatio Nelson

1813

Pietro Fontana

Artist, Italian, 1762 - 1837

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 66.68 × 59.69 cm (26 1/4 × 23 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 87.63 × 65.41 cm (34 1/2 × 25 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2021.67.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 30, state undesc. ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2021 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 30, undesc. ii/iii

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: SEPOLCRO DELL'AMMIRAGLIO NELSON

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