Sujet

Bronze Relief, by Ternouth, for the Nelson Monument, Trafalgar-Square..., 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Bronze Relief, by Ternouth, for the Nelson Monument, Trafalgar-Square - the Bombardment of Copenhagen, 1850. 'The Bombardment of Copenhagen is the incident in the life of the great Admiral forming the subject of the bas-relief just placed on the pedestal of the Nelson Column, on the panel facing the Strand...Nelson is sealing his despatch to send by the flag of truce. Nelson is standing in the middle of the group pressing the seal on the letter, which the bearer of the flag is resting on a gun...on the whole, it is not so effective and masterly as the two other bas-reliefs. There is a certain air of stiffness throughout the whole, and of the two groups at the lower corners from each having two figures, the effect is bad...they appear more as if the two parties had been fighting on their own account...conveying the idea of a pugilistic encounter, rather than that of a great battle'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A33_492

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,7Mo (3,5Mo) / 36,8cm x 42,0cm / 4347 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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