- Title:
- The Apotheosis of Nelson
- Former Title(s):
Project for a Monument, 'The Apotheosis of Nelson', signed and dated 1807
Project for the Monument of the Apotheosis of Lord Nelson
Project for a Monument…
Sketch for a Monument to Lord Nelson- Date:
- 1807
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 39 1/2 x 29 inches (100.3 x 73.7 cm), Frame: 44 x 34 x 4 1/2 inches (111.8 x 86.4 x 11.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black paint, lower left: "B. West 1807."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.109
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1977.14.109FR
- Subject Terms:
- admiral | allegory | architectural subject | babies | cannon | cannonballs | cherubs | children | columns (architectural elements) | costume | death | divine | engraving (incising) | flags | hero | laurel | lifting | lion | memorial | men | military art | monument | mythology | painting (visual work) | raising (lifting) | relief (sculpture) | sculpture | sea | shelf | ships | soldiers | sword | triumph | trompe-l'oeil | women
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:446
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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