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Admiral Lord Nelson's funeral car. Coloured etching with engraving, 1806.
Wellcome Collection

Admiral Lord Nelson's funeral car. Coloured etching with engraving, 1806.

1806

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Nelson's funeral car. So moves the corpse upon the trophied bier, mourn'd by his king embbalm'd with England's tea! To that fam'd church, that lifts it tow'ring head-the future mansion of the patriot dead! The hero's manes there in peace shall rest while his loved image lives in ev'ry breast ...

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