Nelson’s Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in central London built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 to a design by William Railton at a cost of £47000. It is a column of the Corinthian order built from Dartmoor granite. The Craigleith sandstone statue of Nelson is by E. H.
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William Railton, Edwin Henry Landseer, William F. Woodington, Edward Hodges Baily, John Edward Carew, John Ternouth, Musgrave Watson
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