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According to contemporary documents quoted on VictorianLondon.org, the monument has "the exact proportion of a column of the Corinthian temple of Mars Ultor at Rome: Mr. Railton choosing the Corinthian order from its being the most lofty and elegant in its proportions, and having never been used in England for this purpose. . . . The granite was brought from Foggin Tor, on the coast of Devon. . . . The capital is of bronze, and was cast from old ordnance in the Arsenal foundry at Woolwich, from full-sized models carefully prepared” by C. H. Smith." The base of the monument also has bronze bas reliefs” by W. F. Woodington, C. E. Carew, "Mr Termouth," and "Watson." Landseer, the great animal painter, did the four large granite lions, which were added decades after the completion of the monument.

Related Material including reliefs on base

• The Battle of Trafalgar [Nelson Mortally Wounded] by John Edward Carew
• The Battle of Copenhagen by John Ternouth
• The Battle of the Nile by W. F. Woodington
• The Battle of Cape St. Vincent by M. W. Watson and W. F. Woodington
• Lions at the base of Nelson's Column
• Trafalgar Square
• Nelson Monument, the Bull Ring, Birmingham,” by Richard Westmacott
• Nelson Monument, Liverpool,” by Richard Westmacott
• Memorial to Lady Nelson, Littleham, Devon

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