Horatia Nelson Exhibition_The Van de Veldes Pastel drawing entitled 'The Moon'

Pastel drawing entitled 'The Moon' by John Russell

historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean

This image depicts the 35 phases of the total lunar eclipse on 21 January in one photograph

The minute and second hands are conventional

the British created their own traditions

Horatia Nelson Exhibition_The Van de Veldes Pastel drawing entitled 'The Moon'A full length portrait of Nelson's daughter, full face, wearing a white dress, red pumps and a miniature of her father around her neck. She is dancing in a rocky foreground with an imaginary landscape in the distance, a tambourine held high in her left hand and her gaze directly engaging the viewer. The coastal scene with mountains and smoke from a volcano on the right, may be intended to represent the Bay of Naples by an artist who had never visited