Notes:

According to myth, this violin acquired its name because of its presence on Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar. But this is not based in fact. It was Dwight Partello who began calling this and his 1648 Amati the "ex-Lord Nelson" probably blurring with Arbuthnot who was also also a naval officer.

How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago

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"Messrs. Hill & Sons, were the possessors of the Tuscan Stradivari, with which they parted in 1892 to Mr. Brandt, for the sum of £2000. The Tuscan was one of the two violins of the set referred to above, made for Marquis Ariberti, in 1690. As the one in our possession is identically the same in dimensions, modeling, date and general character, and the wood is so similar in quality and figure that it undoubtedly came from the same block, and as these two violins are the only ones Stradivari is known to have produced in the year 1690, taken with the fact of the early history of our instrument, prior to 1804, -- the evidence is conclusive that this is the other of the two violins of the set made for Marquis Ariberti. These interesting facts make them the representative specimens of the Long Strad period."

Lyon & Healy 1896-97 Catalog, Lyon & Healy, Lyon & Healy Old Violins: Collection 1896-97 with Historical Sketch, Chicago