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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.
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.
Monuments and memorials to Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson; B. Statue of Lord Nelson, Bridgetown; Britannia Monument; G. ... Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill ...
Monument to Horatio Nelson: Exchange Flags, Liverpool: 1813 Statue group on pedestal with plaques: Stone, bronze and granite: Grade II* Q4343277: Designer, Matthew Cotes Wyatt [23] [39] More images: Statue of Horatio Nelson: Bridgetown, Barbados: 1813 Statue on pedestal: Bronze and stone: Q107548492: Relocated to Barbados Museum in 2020 [40 ...
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 ...
In 1805, Nelson and the British fleet had visited Barbados while pursuing the Franco-Spanish fleet in the lead-up to the Battle of Trafalgar. [2] A bronze statue sculpted by Richard Westmacott was erected in his honour on 22 March 1813 in what became known as Trafalgar Square, [3] and Barbados' Parliament Buildings were constructed nearby in the late 19th century.
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.
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 ...