Figure of the month

​Death of Nelson

Courtesy Nick Burton English Pottery
May 2021

Nelson was shot through the eye by a rogue French rifleman at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.  He lies dying in the arms of two of his crew.  

On the left is the ship’s chaplain the Reverend Dr. Scott, who offers the dying Nelson a glass of lemonade, and on the right Mr. Beatty the ship’s surgeon, who is about to feel Nelson’s pulse.  

​This figure is 8.25 inches tall.  See Pugh, page C222, figure 8.

Courtesy Nick Burton English Pottery

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