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The Nelson Monument on Glasgow Green was erected 1806–1807, [1] [2] and described as the first civic monument in the UK to Nelson's victories including Trafalgar. [3] [4] A number of monuments and memorials were constructed across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to honour his memory.
Monuments and memorials to Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson; B. Statue of Lord Nelson, Bridgetown; ... Nelson Monument, Liverpool; Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill;
The first civic monument to be erected in Nelson's honour was the Nelson Monument, a 44-metre high obelisk on Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1806. Also in Scotland, the foundation stone for Nelson's Tower at Forres in Moray was laid in 1806 and it was completed in 1812; [34] while the Nelson Monument stands on top of Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
This bronze statue was the first publicly funded statue in Birmingham, and the first statue of Lord Nelson in Britain. It was made in 1809 by public subscription of £2,500 by the people of Birmingham following Nelson's visit to the town on 31 August 1802, the year before he sailed against the fleets of Napoleon.
England's Pride and Glory, an 1894 painting by Thomas Davidson.A young naval cadet is shown Lemuel Francis Abbott's portrait of Nelson to inspire him.. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was one of the leading British flag officers in the Royal Navy of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, responsible for several ...
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September [O.S. 18 September] 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a Royal Navy officer whose inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
English: The Nelson Monument on Glasgow Green, with the People's Palace, ... Monuments and memorials to Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson; Nelson Monument, Glasgow;
The Nelson Memorial, Swarland is a white freestone obelisk at Swarland in north Northumberland, England. Erected in 1807, two years after the death of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, it was placed by his friend and sometime agent, Alexander Davison, who owned an estate centred on the now demolished ...