A Guide to the Hugh Nelson Engraving, n.d. Nelson, Hugh Engraving 1035-a

A Guide to the Hugh Nelson Engraving, n.d.

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 1035-a


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
1035-a
Title
Hugh Nelson Engraving n.d.
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of one item.
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Hugh Nelson Engraving, Accession #1035-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were given to the Library without restrictions by Ms. Dorothea Nelson Horsfall of Chatham, Massachusetts, and Mr. Robert Nelson of West Islip, New York, on July 20, 1990.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of a framed engraving of Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), born at Yorktown, Virginia, made from the original crayon portrait sketched by Charles Fevret de Saint-Memin, and a black and white photographic copy of the engraving. According to the book Saint-Memin in Virginia: Portraits and Biographies by Fillmore Norfleet, there were no known engravings of the Nelson portrait.