The death of Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Coloured engraving by J. Heath, 1811, after B. West.

  • West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.
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1811
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546004i
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The death of Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Coloured engraving by J. Heath, 1811, after B. West. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : B. West and J. Heath, 1811.

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 50.7 x 63.3 cm

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References note

Helmut von Erffa and Allen Staley, The paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven 1986, p. 220-222, no. 108
John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993, vol. 1, pp. 200-201, no. 4

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Cape Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

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Wellcome Collection 546004i

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