Brittannia Bringing Her Dead Hero to Brittannia’s Shore
Reverse painted glass picture depicting ‘Britannia Bringing Her Dead Hero to Britannia’s Shore’. The body of Lord Nelson being escorted to home with Britannia, both in a shell-shaped chariot being drawn by a pair of white horses, (emblematic of the white tops of waves), his legend emblazoned on a banner held aloft by the figure of Fame. In the background is a memory of the closing hours of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Published by Hinton Feb. 6th 1806 and within the original black ‘Hogarth’ print frame.
o.s:15.75 in x 11.75 in
Item code: 4838
£1250
