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Lot 92

[HAND-COLORED AQUATINT]. [NELSON, Lord Horatio (1758-1805),...

Estimate: $500 - $700

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[HAND-COLORED AQUATINT]. [NELSON, Lord Horatio (1758-1805), subject]. Admiral Nelson Receiving the Spanish Admiral?s Sword on Board the San Josef. [England, ca. 1855]. Rare hand-colored version of this handsome engraving by J. Rogers (1808-1888) after art by Daniel Orme (1766-1837). Beneath the color image is a separate vignette (uncolored) captioned, ?Nelson Wounded at the Attack on Teneriffe.? Sight approximately 7 x 9?. Matted and framed under glass. Frame size approximately 16 ? x 18 ??. Marginal toning to print, upper right corner to frame beginning to separate. Still, fine. Rare in color.