‘Secret’ Nelson bronze brings £185,000 at auction

A secret copy of a commemorative full-length bronze of Lord Nelson holding a telescope which was sculpted by Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll, the sixth child of Queen Victoria and Albert, was the top lot in maritime specialist Charles Miller’s latest auction.

A Nelson bronze held by the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth was thought to be the on…

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