Death of Lord Nelson
date: label: Date
content: 1806–07
name: label: Producer
content: John Bury
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Large-scale design, block-printed in madder colors, with pencilled blue on a "tea" ground. Various large flowers in shades of red, palms, and foliage among which appear attributes of Admiral Nelson's life. Upper left, an urn on a base with legend: THE NILE, arch, pyramid, and man on camel. Below an arch, Nelson's figure with drawn sword; legend above: "Lord Nelson's Last Signal," and below: "England Expects Every Man to do His Duty." Right, a pyrimidal monument, flowers entwined; eagle at top; two dark figures right and left. Bottom, on base: TO THE MEMORY OF ABOUKIR, COPENHAGEN and TRAFALGAR. Sphinx at right of base.
place: label: made in
content: Sabden, England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1966-32-1-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Object Name
content: Textile
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 91 x 74 cm (35 13/16 x 29 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 138 x 91 cm (54 5/16 x 35 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c): 47 x 91 cm (18 1/2 x 35 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 91.4 cm (36 in.)