Horatia Nelson Exhibition_The Van de Veldes Whilst he was away fighting

Whilst he was away fighting Mary governed the realm

the consequences of which we still live with today

This image depicts the 35 phases of the total lunar eclipse on 21 January in one photograph

Date: circa 1815

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Horatia Nelson Exhibition_The Van de Veldes Whilst he was away fightingA full length portrait of Nelson's daughter, full face, wearing a white dress, red pumps and a miniature of her father around her neck. She is dancing in a rocky foreground with an imaginary landscape in the distance, a tambourine held high in her left hand and her gaze directly engaging the viewer. The coastal scene with mountains and smoke from a volcano on the right, may be intended to represent the Bay of Naples by an artist who had never visited