| Show NELSONS NELSON'S WISH WAS REALIZED 1 Great Sailor Expressed Longing to Die in Next Battle At an entertainment at which h Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son met Benjamin West just before he went to sea for the last time he remarked to the artist I never pass passa a print shop where your picture of the Death of Wolfe Wolfe is in th the window without without without with with- out being stopped by it West of course couise acknowledged the compliment t and Nelson went on tp ask why he f had painted no more like It Because my Lord answered the artist there r are no more subjects Damn it r said Nelson Neison I didn't think of that and asked ased him t to take a glass of or champagne cham cham- But lily my Lord I I. I fear your your 1 intrepidity will yet furnish me with another scene scene and if it should I shall certainly avail myself of it t the painter painter paint paint- er observed Will you ou said Nelson pouring out bumpers and touching his IllS glass violently against West's will you Mr Dir West Vest Then I hope I 1 Ishall shall die in the next battle H He sailed a few days later later and and West painted The Death of Nelson |
