Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Stevens, Thomas, 1828-1888

Title:

The death of Nelson.

Published / Created:

[Coventry, England] : [Thomas Stevens], [approximately 1889]

Physical Description:

1 silk picture : color ; 6 x 18 cm, on mount 17 x 25 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK9002.S8 D4 Copy 1 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK9002.S8 D4 Copy 2 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Visual Materials

Notes:

"A landscape-shaped view of the death of Admiral Lord Nelson on the deck of the flagship Victory in 1805. This picture is very crowded with figures and is larger than the normal Stevengraph ..."--Godden.

A woven picture, machine-embroidered on silk.

Godden, G. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, 13

Includes printed advertisement, on reverse of the mount, for other subjects in the series of Stevengraph pure silk woven pictures.

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 in Godden mount "type C." With a printed label on reverse: "From the Silk Picture Weaving Co., Bedford House, High Street, Farnborough, Hants."

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 in Godden mount "type C."

Subject Terms:

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758–1805 -- Death and burial -- Pictorial works. | Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- History, Naval. | Silk pictures -- Specimens.

Form/Genre:

Embroidery (visual works) | Stevengraphs. | Textiles.