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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/9/6/46
Former ReferenceD3311/140/46
TitlePrint showing engraved design of sarcophagus, said, in pencil, to be Nelson's.
Date[early 19th cent]
DescriptionInscription on sarcophagus reads "Palmam qui meruit ferat" [Let He Who Merits The Palm Possess It"], which was the motto on the canopy of Nelson's funeral; it does not look like the actual sarcophagus of Horation Nelson in St Paul's Cathedral.
Paper size 29 x 21 cm, image size 20 x 14 cm.
Extent1 print
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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Nelson; Horatio (1758-1805); naval officer, commander and admiral
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