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Premier auction house Sotheby's to sell Lord Nelson's watch
09 Aug '05
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- The largest known fragment of the union flag from H.M.S. Victory, which was torn to pieces by distraught seamen at Nelson's state funeral where it covered his coffin. Est: £100,000-£150,000.
- An iconic image of Lord Nelson by Lemuel Francis Abbott. Estimated at £80,000-£120,000, the work shows Nelson in Rear Admiral's uniform and is possibly the finest of the artist's renderings of Nelson still in private hands. An instantly recognisable image of a British hero.
- A Naval Captain's gold medal presented to Captain Brooke following the capture of the American frigate the Chesapeake off Boston Harbour in 1813. Est: £150,000-200,000.
- A gold and enamel City of London Sword presented to Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke, following the capture of the Chesapeake. Est: £80,000-£120,000.
- A very rare and apparently unrecorded broadsheet printed in red ink announcing Admiral Lord Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar. Printed by J. Smeeton in London in 1805, the broadsheets lists all the ships engaged in the battle (with numbers of crew and guns for each) and describes the English victory as "The most glorious Naval victory... since the creation of the world." Est: £25,000-35,000.
- An affectionate unpublished letter from Nelson to Lady Hamilton ("Fair Emma, good Emma, Great Emma, Virtuous Emma and My own dear Emma... friend of my heart"), expressing his frustration that his duties prevent him from seeing her and assuring her that he will be in no danger when he goes to the French coast the next day. Written on 13th August 1801. Est: £20,000-£30,000.
- An iconic image of Lord Nelson by Lemuel Francis Abbott. Estimated at £80,000-£120,000, the work shows Nelson in Rear Admiral's uniform and is possibly the finest of the artist's renderings of Nelson still in private hands. An instantly recognisable image of a British hero.
- A Naval Captain's gold medal presented to Captain Brooke following the capture of the American frigate the Chesapeake off Boston Harbour in 1813. Est: £150,000-200,000.
- A gold and enamel City of London Sword presented to Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke, following the capture of the Chesapeake. Est: £80,000-£120,000.
- A very rare and apparently unrecorded broadsheet printed in red ink announcing Admiral Lord Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar. Printed by J. Smeeton in London in 1805, the broadsheets lists all the ships engaged in the battle (with numbers of crew and guns for each) and describes the English victory as "The most glorious Naval victory... since the creation of the world." Est: £25,000-35,000.
- An affectionate unpublished letter from Nelson to Lady Hamilton ("Fair Emma, good Emma, Great Emma, Virtuous Emma and My own dear Emma... friend of my heart"), expressing his frustration that his duties prevent him from seeing her and assuring her that he will be in no danger when he goes to the French coast the next day. Written on 13th August 1801. Est: £20,000-£30,000.
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