THE MIRROR
OF
LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
| Vol. XII. No. 338. | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1828. | [PRICE 2d. |
Nelson's Monument, at Liverpool.
(To the Editor of the Mirror.)
In No. 270 of the MIRROR, you favoured us with a correct engraving ofthe Town Hall, Liverpool, and informed us of a trophied monument erectedto the memory of Nelson in the Liverpool Exchange Buildings. Of thelatter I am happy to be able to present you with the above view.
The monument, executed in bronze by Richard Westmacott, Esq. R.A.is erected in the area of the Liverpool Exchange Buildings, and wascompleted in October, 1823. The subscription amounted to about 9,000l.The weight of the bronze of which it is composed is estimated at upwardsof 22 tons. The figures are in the proportion of seven feet.
On a basis of Westmoreland marble stands a circular pedestal of the samematerial, and peculiarly suitable in colour to the group which itsupports. At the base of the pedestal are four emblematic figures, inthe character of captives, or vanquished enemies, in allusion to LordNelson's victories. The spaces between these figures, on the sides ofthe pedestal, are filled by four grand bas-reliefs, executed in bronze,representing some of the great naval actions in which Nelson wasengaged. The other parts of the pedestal are richly decorated withlions' heads and festoons of laurel; and in a moulding round the upperpart of it is inscribed, in brass letters, pursuant to the resolutionof [pg 274] the general meeting, that most impressive charge delivered by theillustrious commander previous to the commencement of the battle ofTrafalgar, "ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY."
The figures constituting the principal design are Nelson, Victory, andDeath: his Country mourning for her loss, and her Navy, eager to avengeit,—naturally claim a place in the group.
The principal figure is the Admiral, resting one foot on a conqueredenemy, and the other on a cannon. With an eye stedfast and upraised toVictory, he is receiving from her a fourth naval crown upon his sword,which, to indicate the loss of his right arm, is held in his left hand.The maimed limb is concealed by the enemy's flag, which Victory islowering to him. Under the folds of the flag Death lies in ambush forhis victim, intimating, that Nelson received the reward of his valourand the stroke of death at the same moment.
By the figure of an exasperated British seaman is represented the zealof the navy to wreak vengeance on the enemies who robbed England of hergallant leader.
Britannia, with laurels in her hand, and leaning regardless of them onher spear and shield, describes the feelings of the country fluctuatingbetween the pride and the anguish of triumph so dearly purchased, butrelying for security on her own resources.
Hoxton. T. WARD.
TAKING OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY THE TURKS.1
(For the Mirror.)
Mahomet II., soon after he mounted the Turkish