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To Lord Collingwood the other Admirals, Captains, Officers and Men who Gallantly Fought for their Country off Trafalgar,
To Lord Collingwood the other Admirals, Captains, Officers and Men who Gallantly Fought for their Country off Trafalgar, this Print representing Britannia Crowning the Bust of our late Hero Lord Nelson is gratefully inscribed by their respectful Humble Serv.t A.R. Burt. The Proprietor conceiving it may not be unacceptable to the Public has subjourned a Facsimile of His Lordships signature
Drawn by T. Baxter. Engraved by A.R. Burt. The Portrait is accurately taken from the much admired Bust belonging to His Lordship.
London. Published, Dec.r 5, 1805, by A.R. Burt, No.18, St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell.
Stipple printed in colour, 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate top and right. Loss at right bottom.
Britannia crowns a bust of Nelson. The bust shows Nelson wearing a medal commemorating the Battle of the Nile. After Thomas Baxter (1782-1821) who was patronized by Lord Nelson himself.

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Design for a National Institution,
Design for a National Institution, Appropriated to the Fine Arts, the Sciences, and Literature of the Kingdom. To the Right Rev.d John Fisher, D.D Lord Bishop of Salisbury, As Chaplain to the Royal Academy and an admirer of the Fine Arts, this Plate is respectfully inscribed by John Britton.
Design'd by Joseph Gandy Esq. Architect & A.R.A - the Busts and Figures Drawn by T. Baxter - Engraved by John Le Keux.
London, Published Feb 1. 1812 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor High Holborn J. Britton, Tavistock Place & W. Bond, Newman St.
Engraving, 19th century watermark, 420 x 320mm (16½ x 12½"), with very large margins. Creased on left.
A view of a neo-classical building from a shadowy colonnade with sculptures in niches against the wall and a pillar in the centre surmounted by a bust of Joshua Reynolds, with others including Flaxman and Inigo Jones; the acropolis in the background above. Frontispiece to 'The Fine Arts of the English School' (ed. John Britton, London 1812).
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