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2491
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Monument to Vice Admiral Horatio, Viscount Nelson
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Monument to Vice Admiral Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), marble, John Flaxman.
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COPENHAGEN, NILE, TRAFALGARERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE / TO THE MEMORY OF / VICE-ADMIRAL HORATIO, VISCOUNT NELSON, K.B. / TO RECORD HIS SPLENDID AND UNPARALLELLED ACHIEVEMENTS, / DURING A LIFE SPENT IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, / AND TERMINATED IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY BY A GLORIOUS DEATH, / IN THE MEMORABLE ACTION OFF CAPE TRAFALGAR ON THE XXI OF OCTOBER MDCCCV. / LORD NELSON WAS BORN ON THE XXIX OF SEPTEMBER MDCCLVIII, / THE BATTLE OF THE NILE WAS FOUGHT ON THE I OF AUGUST MDCCXCVIII, / THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN ON THE II OF APRIL MDCCCI