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The Army and Navy

Print
early 19th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portraits, full-length, standing in a room, with Lord Nelson, pointing to a map. Inscribed below with the sitters' facsimile signatures.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Army and Navy (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured mezzotint
Brief description
'The Army and Navy'. Full-length portraits of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Horation Nelson, Viscount Nelson, in a room. Hand-coloured mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds the younger, early 19th century.
Physical description
Portraits, full-length, standing in a room, with Lord Nelson, pointing to a map. Inscribed below with the sitters' facsimile signatures.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'"The Army and Navy". This Print Representing The only interview between those great Commanders Wellington and Nelson is respectfully dedicated to the Members of the United Service, and the British Nation in general' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Miss Vera Bigmore
Historical context
The sole recorded meeting between the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson is said to have taken place at the Colonial Office in September 1805.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.2976-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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