The original model which won the competition for the design of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square in 1838 is going on display for the first time at the National Maritime Museum next week.

The planned auction of the original, scale model of Nelson's Column has brought to light the little-known fact that the monument's architect had planned for it to rise an extra 30ft into London's ...

A scale model of Nelson's column by its designer William Railton is up for auction, and it reveals that the landmark should have been 30ft higher than it is.

More than a dozen years ago, I wrote a column headlined "Man on a mission" about the Arkansas Research Alliance.

Writing in the Guardian on Tuesday, Afua Hirsch called for the statue of British navy hero, Lord Horatio Nelson, to be removed from London's Trafalgar Square. Her rationale is very simple: "Nelson ...

These appeared a quarter-century after the Column, in 1867. The sculptor Edwin Landseer used some artistic license, after his model — a dead lion courtesy of London Zoo — rotted.

The cash-strapped project to build the war hero's memorial is set upon by hammer-wielding members of the public and receives an embarrassing donation from the Emperor of Russia ...

As Railton’s model of Nelson’s Column comes up for auction Clive salutes the history of one of the best known monuments to a commoner ...

TO BLOW UP NELSON'S COLUMN.; Why the French Canadian Tried, to Commit Such Vandalism. Dec. 4, 1893 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from December 4, 1893, Page 2 ...

It's 180 years today since Nelson was finally placed atop his column in Trafalgar Square. Having survived the Blitz, a conman's bid to sell him... and half-hearted ‘cancellation', he remains one ...

The wounds to Nelson's Column are long-since filled in, but you can still see their traces on the west and (possibly) south sides of the monument.