NELSON'S QUILL PEN A trimmed goose quill pen, evidence of ink stains to nib -- 8in. (20cm.) long; contained within a modern wooden storage tube. (Nib cut extended slightly up the quill, traces of ink to upper quill, abrasion to single sided feathers) Together with a contemporary affadivit This pen was taken by Major Wright out of Lord Nelsons writing Desk on the 2 n d of Nov r 1805 in the presence of capt Hardy of the Victory who desired him to keep it as being the pen with which his Lordship had written for the last time in the morn[ing] of the action. It was lying beside an unfinished le[tter to] Lady Hamilton. 2 n d Nov 1805 R.W. On verso: Note by the son of Major Wright who presented the pen to Robert Mayne Esquire from whom I afterwards recieved it. G.S. Edinburgh 1845 (The affidavit torn away lower right corner and laid down on thin paper, docketed on the verso in the hand of G.S.) And a commemorative print of Nelson at his writing box prior to battle, published by R. Turner and P & D Cobrington & C o, 1854 -- 23 x 18in. (58.5 x 46cm.) Moulded gilt-painted armorial frame. (3)
NELSON'S QUILL PEN A trimmed goose quill pen, evidence of ink stains to nib -- 8in. (20cm.) long; contained within a modern wooden storage tube. (Nib cut extended slightly up the quill, traces of ink to upper quill, abrasion to single sided feathers) Together with a contemporary affadivit This pen was taken by Major Wright out of Lord Nelsons writing Desk on the 2 n d of Nov r 1805 in the presence of capt Hardy of the Victory who desired him to keep it as being the pen with which his Lordship had written for the last time in the morn[ing] of the action. It was lying beside an unfinished le[tter to] Lady Hamilton. 2 n d Nov 1805 R.W. On verso: Note by the son of Major Wright who presented the pen to Robert Mayne Esquire from whom I afterwards recieved it. G.S. Edinburgh 1845 (The affidavit torn away lower right corner and laid down on thin paper, docketed on the verso in the hand of G.S.) And a commemorative print of Nelson at his writing box prior to battle, published by R. Turner and P & D Cobrington & C o, 1854 -- 23 x 18in. (58.5 x 46cm.) Moulded gilt-painted armorial frame. (3)
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