Framed piece of flag taken from a French ship at Trafalgar

Made:: 1800-1805 in France

maker:: Unknown

Framed piece of flag taken from a French ship at Trafalgar, displayed at Lord Nelson's funeral in 1806, with contemporary illustration of the bullet which killed Nelson, French, 1800-1805

Details

Category:: Wellcome (general)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A106009

Materials:: flag, cloth, dyed hessian, frame, wood, frame, glass and frame, velvet

Measurements:: flag fragment: length 131 mm
flag fragment: width 39 mm
frame: width 233 mm
frame: height 197 mm
frame: thickness 19 mm

type:: flags

credit:: Willis, A P R

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