ID 1450955
Lot 25 | A UNION JACK FLOWN FROM HMS SPARTIATE AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, 21 OCTOBER 1805
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
A yard- or shipboard-hand-stitched wool-bunting flag, comprised of thirty-one bunting panels with canvas sleeve and lanyard, on an archival muslin backing
91 1/3in. (232cm.) x 138 ½in. (352cm.)
Provenance
Captain James Clephan R.N. (1768-1851),
Thence by descent until sold Charles Miller Ltd, London, 21 October 2009, lot 54 (£396,800).
Acquired from the above by Benjamin Reed Zaricor (1947-2022) for the Zaricor Flag Collection.
Exhibited
24th International Congress of Vexillology and 45th annual meeting of the North American Vexillological Association. Washington, DC & Alexandria, VA, 31 July - 6 August 2011.
| Artist: | Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805) |
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| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Ireland, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Artist: | Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805) |
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| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Ireland, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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