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AN LARGE GOLD AND CARNELIAN COMMEMORATIVE NELSON INTAGLIO SEAL, CIRCA 1810 A LARGE GOLD AND CARNELIAN COMMEMORATIVE NELSON INTAGLIO SEAL, CIRCA 1810 The cut corner rectangular carnelian seal engraved with a portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson after Simon de Koster, mounted in gold as a monumental seal, English -- 1½ x 1in. (3.5 x 2.5cm.) This portrait seal is based on a pencil drawing of Nelson by Simon de Koster (1767-1831) said by the Admiral to be ‘the most like me’. Taken from life for Emma, Lady Hamilton, the portrait was completed in December 1800. Published as a popular print soon afterwards, de Koster’s ‘little outline’ of the Admiral was an instant success, appearing in various forms before and after Trafalgar. Nelson sealed many of his letters with a portrait impression of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Other portrait seals of the Admiral are in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, but none on this monumental scale, suggesting its use by a family member or close acquaintance.