Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778-1819
Title:
Orme's graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe and the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of merit : member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the order of St. Joachim : containing fifteen engravings, and intended as an accompaniment to the three celebrated whole-sheet plates of His Lordship's splendid victories, viz. the battles of St. Vincent's, the Nile, and Trafalgar, which are explained by references and keys / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon.
Alternate Title(s):
Graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson
Published / Created:
London : Printed for, published and sold by Edward Orme, 59, Bond-Street, the corner of Brook Street; and by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row. J. G. Barnard, Printer, 57, Snow-Hill, [1806]

[London] : J.G. Barnard, 51, Snow-Hill, 1806.
Physical Description:
[4], 66, viii, [11] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, on publisher's printed label: "Orme's Graphic history of the life, exploits & death of Lord Viscount Nelson."
Subject Terms:
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805. | Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Great Britain -- History, Naval. | Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1814. | Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820. | Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Sea life. | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints. | Hand coloring. | Stipple engravings. | Publisher's advertisements.
Contributors:
Orme, Edward, 1775-1848, publisher. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, publisher. | Barnard, J. G., printer. | Clarke, J. (John), -approximately 1815, engraver. | Godby, J. (James), active 1798-1812, engraver. | Hamble, J. R., engraver. | Merke, Henri, engraver. | Pickett, William, 1792-1820, engraver. | Swaine, John, 1775-1860, engraver. | Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764-1829, illustrator. | Orme, William, illustrator. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851, illustrator. | Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814.