E5924

Earthenware bowl Long Caption: Earthenware bowl, transfer-printed in blue with a painted ochre rim. In the centre, a portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) with ships on the horizon behind him. The portrait is flanked by trophies surrounded by floral wreaths. Around it is the inscription 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY', 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON', 'Copenhagen Nile 1798', 'Trafalgar 1805'. Above the portrait, within a laurel wreath, is the verse: 'Shew me my Country's Foes,/The Hero cry'd;/He saw-He faught [sic]-He conquer'd,/And he di'd.' This is continued below 'Dear to his Country,/shall his Mem'ry live;/But sorrow drown's the Joy,/His Deeds should give.' The bowl has decorative borders printed inside and outside the rim. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Walter Collection Object: AAA4847 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1806 Medium: earthenware Size: 85 mm x 230 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.