21st Oct, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory)
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[M] A REMARKABLE PRINTED BROADSHEET REGARDING THE...
A REMARKABLE PRINTED BROADSHEET REGARDING THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
by George Lowther, 1806, announcing the glorious victory and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, in the form of a memorial proclamation, the heading with engraved oval vignette of Nelson above the full text of Admiral Collingwood's dispatch, with details of the opposing fleets below, within verre eglomise mount with early 19th-century trade label for 'R. Faulding, London', to reverse - 52½ x 28in. (133.3 x 71.1cm.)
Provenance: Rear-Admiral Douglas Budgen.
Announcements of Nelson's two principal victories, the battles of the Nile (1798) and Trafalgar (1805), in broadsheet format are well-known even though few appear to have survived into modern times. One of this extraordinary size and opulence, however, appears unrecorded within the entire opus of Nelson-related paper ephemera and memorabilia. None of the largest public exhibitions, notably the most recent at Greenwich to mark the bi-centenary of Trafalgar in 2005, included an example and none have been traced elsewhere. Whilst it obviously cannot be claimed that this example is a unique survival, it is unquestionably of the greatest rarity and, indeed, of some significance to all Nelson aficionados.
Douglas Budgen entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1906 and was made Sub-Lieutenant in 1909. He served throughout the Great War, made Captain in 1930 and, in the Second World War, was Flag-Officer-in-Charge at the Simonstown naval base in South Africa. He retired in 1942 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He died in 1947.
by George Lowther, 1806, announcing the glorious victory and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, in the form of a memorial proclamation, the heading with engraved oval vignette of Nelson above the full text of Admiral Collingwood's dispatch, with details of the opposing fleets below, within verre eglomise mount with early 19th-century trade label for 'R. Faulding, London', to reverse - 52½ x 28in. (133.3 x 71.1cm.)
Provenance: Rear-Admiral Douglas Budgen.
Announcements of Nelson's two principal victories, the battles of the Nile (1798) and Trafalgar (1805), in broadsheet format are well-known even though few appear to have survived into modern times. One of this extraordinary size and opulence, however, appears unrecorded within the entire opus of Nelson-related paper ephemera and memorabilia. None of the largest public exhibitions, notably the most recent at Greenwich to mark the bi-centenary of Trafalgar in 2005, included an example and none have been traced elsewhere. Whilst it obviously cannot be claimed that this example is a unique survival, it is unquestionably of the greatest rarity and, indeed, of some significance to all Nelson aficionados.
Douglas Budgen entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1906 and was made Sub-Lieutenant in 1909. He served throughout the Great War, made Captain in 1930 and, in the Second World War, was Flag-Officer-in-Charge at the Simonstown naval base in South Africa. He retired in 1942 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He died in 1947.
Sold for £3,100
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(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A REMARKABLE PRINTED BROADSHEET REGARDING THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
by George Lowther, 1806, announcing the glorious victory and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, in the form of a memorial proclamation, the heading with engraved oval vignette of Nelson above the full text of Admiral Collingwood's dispatch, with details of the opposing fleets below, within verre eglomise mount with early 19th-century trade label for 'R. Faulding, London', to reverse - 52½ x 28in. (133.3 x 71.1cm.)
Provenance: Rear-Admiral Douglas Budgen.
Announcements of Nelson's two principal victories, the battles of the Nile (1798) and Trafalgar (1805), in broadsheet format are well-known even though few appear to have survived into modern times. One of this extraordinary size and opulence, however, appears unrecorded within the entire opus of Nelson-related paper ephemera and memorabilia. None of the largest public exhibitions, notably the most recent at Greenwich to mark the bi-centenary of Trafalgar in 2005, included an example and none have been traced elsewhere. Whilst it obviously cannot be claimed that this example is a unique survival, it is unquestionably of the greatest rarity and, indeed, of some significance to all Nelson aficionados.
Douglas Budgen entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1906 and was made Sub-Lieutenant in 1909. He served throughout the Great War, made Captain in 1930 and, in the Second World War, was Flag-Officer-in-Charge at the Simonstown naval base in South Africa. He retired in 1942 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He died in 1947.
by George Lowther, 1806, announcing the glorious victory and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, in the form of a memorial proclamation, the heading with engraved oval vignette of Nelson above the full text of Admiral Collingwood's dispatch, with details of the opposing fleets below, within verre eglomise mount with early 19th-century trade label for 'R. Faulding, London', to reverse - 52½ x 28in. (133.3 x 71.1cm.)
Provenance: Rear-Admiral Douglas Budgen.
Announcements of Nelson's two principal victories, the battles of the Nile (1798) and Trafalgar (1805), in broadsheet format are well-known even though few appear to have survived into modern times. One of this extraordinary size and opulence, however, appears unrecorded within the entire opus of Nelson-related paper ephemera and memorabilia. None of the largest public exhibitions, notably the most recent at Greenwich to mark the bi-centenary of Trafalgar in 2005, included an example and none have been traced elsewhere. Whilst it obviously cannot be claimed that this example is a unique survival, it is unquestionably of the greatest rarity and, indeed, of some significance to all Nelson aficionados.
Douglas Budgen entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1906 and was made Sub-Lieutenant in 1909. He served throughout the Great War, made Captain in 1930 and, in the Second World War, was Flag-Officer-in-Charge at the Simonstown naval base in South Africa. He retired in 1942 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He died in 1947.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory), 21st Oct, 2009
