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 After a lapse of thirty years a monument, a
column of the Corinthian order, has been erected to the memory of
the immortal Nelson, and we can only regret, in common with the
public, that it should not, from its magnitude, have been rendered
more worthy of the hero whose gallant exploits and great
achievements elevated the naval superiority of the British nation to
a height.
Restricted in funds, the Nelson column
is the result of private subscription, the artists could
consequently only execute a memorial that posterity will regret was
not rendered more in accordance with the merits of a commander whose
victories have erected an imperishable monument to his fame.
Erected from designs by Mr. Railton, of solid
granite, total 156 feet, the statue from the base, or
plinth on which it stands, to the top of the hat, is 17 feet, making
the entire height 173 feet.
It is formed of stone brought from the Granton quarry of the Duke of
Buccleuch, in Scotland, being carved out of two of the largest
blocks the quarry had produced.
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