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EBENEZER LANDELLS. Inauguration of the Statues of Nelson and Wellington, on Southsea Common, 1850. Creator: Ebenezer Landells.

EBENEZER LANDELLS. Inauguration of the Statues of Nelson and Wellington, on Southsea Common, [Hampshire], 1850. Ceremony near Portsmouth: 'Lieutenant Governor, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, before giving up command of the Garrison, said he would like to present two statues as a token of regard and good feeling to the town and its inhabitants; the statues were of the England's national heroes, one of Lord Nelson and the other of the Duke of Wellington to be mounted on Southsea Common near where Lord Nelson embarked to win and die at the Battle of Trafalgar and the Duke of Wellington sailed from Portsmouth to conduct the War in the Spanish Peninsula. The statues were unveiled on the 18th June amidst a concourse of 50,000 spectators'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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Title:
Inauguration of the Statues of Nelson and Wellington, on Southsea Common, 1850. Creator: Ebenezer Landells.
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Inauguration of the Statues of Nelson and Wellington, on Southsea Common, [Hampshire], 1850. Ceremony near Portsmouth: 'Lieutenant Governor, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, before giving up command of the Garrison, said he would like to present two statues as a token of regard and good feeling to the town and its inhabitants; the statues were of the England's national heroes, one of Lord Nelson and the other of the Duke of Wellington to be mounted on Southsea Common near where Lord Nelson embarked to win and die at the Battle of Trafalgar and the Duke of Wellington sailed from Portsmouth to conduct the War in the Spanish Peninsula. The statues were unveiled on the 18th June amidst a concourse of 50,000 spectators'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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42.0 x 32.8 cm | 16.5 x 12.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19 CENTURY 19TH CENTURY 19TH 19TH-CENTURY 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON ADMIRAL LORD NELSON ADMIRAL NELSON ANIMAL ANIMALS ARCH ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE ARCHITECTURE ARCHWAY ARMED FORCES ARMIES ARMY ARMIES ARMY ART ARTHUR ARTS B & W B / W B&W BANNER BLACK & WHITE BLACK AND WHITE BRITAIN BRITISH ARMY BRITISH CAVALIER CENTURY CEREMONIAL CEREMONY CIVIL SERVANT CONCEPT DOURO DUKE OF WELLINGTON EBENEZER LANDELLS EBENEZER ENGLAND ENGRAVED ENGRAVING EQUESTRIAN (RIDER) EQUESTRIAN SPORT EQUITATION FEMALE FESTAL ARCH FLAG FLAGS GUY HAMPSHIRE HORATIO NELSON HORATIO HORSE RIDING HORSE HORSEMAN HORSEMEN HORSES HUNDRED YEARS WAR ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ILN IRON DUKE JOCKEY LANDELLS LANDELLS, EBENEZER LORD NELSON MALE MAN MARQUESS OF DOURO MARQUESS OF MEN MILITARY NAVAL WARFARE NAVY NELSON NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPERS NINETEENTH CENTURY OFFICER OFFICERS OFFICIAL PEOPLE PORTSMOUTH PRESS PRINT COLLECTOR, THE RIDER (MALE) RIDER RIDERS RIDING RIDING, RIDERS ROYAL NAVY SCULPTURE SCULPTURES SEA BATTLE SOUTHSEA STANDARD STATUE STATUES VICTORIAN ERA VICTORIAN VISCOUNT NELSON WAR WARFARE WARS WELLESLEY WOMAN WOMEN XIX CENTURY