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Earthenware dish Long Caption: Earthenware dish, transfer-printed in blue with a scalloped rim, on a raised foot. The foot is hollow and fluted. In the centre a scene showing Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) on one knee on the deck of the 'Victory' supported by two seamen, having just been fatally wounded. The dish has a border of flowers and various trophies including a royal crown and archbishop's mitre. On the outside are shown other historical scenes of an enthroned king and Charles I attempting to arrest five members of Parliament, repeated twice. Printed underneath 'BRITISH HISTORY/DEATH OF LORD NELSON/JONES & SON' flanked by figures representing History and Britannia. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Walter Collection Object: AAA4875 Artist: Josiah Spode Date: circa 1850 Medium: earthenware Size: 115 mm x 290 mm x 225 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.