E6016

Earthenware jug Long Caption: Earthenware jug, transfer-printed in brown with ochre painted rims. On one side a portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) inscribed above 'NELSON', around the portrait 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY' below 'Shew me my Country's Foes, the Hero cry'd,/He saw-He fought, He conquer'd and he di'd.' On the other side, a naval action, 'VICTORY' above. There is an inscription opposite the handle, with a naval trophy above: 'HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT/NELSON/V[I]CE A[D]MIRAL OF THE WHITE./Knight of the Order of the Bath/Duke of Bronte in Sicily/Grand Cross of the Order of Ferdi/nand and of Merit and Knight of/the imperial Order of the/Crescent', 'Copenhagen', 'Nile', 'Trafalgar'. A scrolling floral border with trophies of arms runs around the inside of the rim. There is mottled decoration on the handle. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: AAA4892 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1806 Medium: earthenware Size: 87 mm x 116 mm x 88 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.