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Framed textile fragment "The Funeral Procession of Lord Viscount Nelson"

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1806

GUSN

GUSN-56676

Description

This framed printed textile is decorated with composite scenes from the death and funeral of Viscount Lord Nelson. It is currently a sepia-toned pattern on a cream-colored ground, which was most likely purple when freshly printed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

textiles
fragments
printing (process)
Transfer Printed
Cloth Fragment

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

23 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4364

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