Horatio Nelson scrapbook, 19th century

* Admiral Lord Nelson scrapbook. A 19th-century scrapbook relating to Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805), compiled by William Henry Robinson, approximately 45 leaves with mounted and pasted watercolours, portraits, engravings, facsimile letters, articles, pamphlets, exhibition invitations, other ephemera, including a watercolour of Nelson's farm 'Roundwood' near Ipswich, 12 pen, ink and watercolours (some captioned with notes in image and identified beneath in pencil as by 'Orme') of canon, part of a main deck, rigging, swords and pistols, Admiral Duncan's hats, Spanish Admiral uniform (sleeves with ranks), sketch of the mizzen mast of HMS Venerable, with caption, and engraving by Daniel Orme of seaman John Crawford, who nailed the flag to the main top mast head after it was shot away by Dutch Admiral de Winter, 1797 to verso, a salt print mounted photograph of T. M. Nelson, 'taken at Charlton House', an order of battle on silk (for the Battle of St. Vincent), by W. H. Robinson, 1853, 3 other drawiings (2 signed 'Serres' of a portrait of Nelson in profile, 1814 and an allegorical martial coat-of-arms with ship, colours, powder horn etc, dated 1802), a watercolour of a model of HMS Victory atop a mantelpiece (this the largest watercolour 25 x 14 cm), the exhibition invitations include "Westminster Abbey, or Victory". Nelson on the Quarter-Deck of the Spanish Admiral's Ship San Josef, Receiving the Swords of Vanquished Officers, February 14th, 1797, a private viewing of the painting by T. J. Barker, issued to W. Robinson for November 29 1853, with accompanying pamphlet mounted beneath, another printed invitation to 'England's Deathless Heroes', on Private View the Celebrated Pictures, Wellington at Apsley Houseand Nelson at Trafalgar, painted by T. Jones Barker, from Mr R. H. Grundy, Liverpool, circa 1853, with related pamphlet beneath, and Nelson at Trafalgar. select Private View to Mt. Charles Lucy's Grand Historical Picture of the Immortal Nelson at Trafalgar, 1853, with pamphlet below, blank leaves towards rear, stitching breaking in places, occasional light spotting and offsetting overall, original half calf, paper labels to spine, spine torn at head, rubbed with some edge wear, 33 x 26.5 cm, together with Bowyer (Robert). An Impartial Historical Narrative of those Momentous Events which have taken place in this country during the period from the year 1816 to 1823, 1st edition, London: Thomas Bensley for Robert Bowyer, 1823, 8 engraved plates, including 3 hand-coloured aquatints, some spotting and offsetting, a few fore-edges a little frayed, first few leaves detached, previous owner inscription at head of title, original boards, paper labal to upper cover marked 'proof', lacking spine, some edge wear and stains, folio (52 x 40 cm) QTY: (2) NOTE: Provenance: William Henry Robinson (armorial bookplate at front), later bookplate of Robert Lionel Foster. The scrapbook was compiled by Robinson around 1853, the order of battle on silk of the Battle of St. Vincent by him is dated 1853, the invitation issued to him to view the 'Westminster Abbey, or Victory'. Nelson Receiving the Swords exhibition is also dated 1853. Additionally, there is a mounted engraved portrait of his father, Dr. William Robinson (1777-1848), a noted local historian, by J. Mills after François Simoneau, dated 1822 and a watercolour of Trafalgar House, dated December 1848, his home in Tottenham, North London. Interestingly, Robinson's grandfather William Robinson (1737-1808) was rumoured to have had an affair with Ann Nelson (1760-1783), Lord Nelson's sister, and that a son, William Jr. was the result, hence the name of the house. The watercolours are almost certainly by the artist Daniel Orme (1766-1837), who was known for depicting contemporary naval heroic subjects including Admirals Horatio Nelson and Richard Howe. His younger brothers Edward and William Orme were also artists and publishers.