Design for monument to Admiral Lord Nelson by the sculptor Charles Rossi.

SPCAA/CR/1/4

John Charles Felix (1762 - 1839) Rossi, Sir Robert (1780 - 1867) Smirke

Pencil drawing on paper mounted on cardboard

The designed monument is a pedestaled fluted column on a raised plinth and topped with a figure of Lord Nelson. Inscirbed on the column are the words ‘Trafalgar’ and ‘Nile’, both encricled by wreaths. The inset on the column pedestal depicts the dying figure of Nelson supported by surrounding men. The drawing shows three figures: Lord Nelson, an angel, and a female figure supporting a spear, with a plumed helmet at her feet. To the right of the column stands the angel Victory, holding a palm branch and raising an arm towards the figure of Nelson above. On the left sits the female figure of Britannia, her head bowed, resting upon a Union Jack shield and holding a spear with a plumed helmet at her feet. Two tridents encircled with laurel weathes decorate either side of the plinth.

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