Nelson’s final resting place was in the crypt of St. Paul’s, where he was buried on 9 January 1806. He had become a national hero at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 and his continued success, until his death in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, gave him an almost mythic status. After his death he was immortalised as a national hero and is still revered today. The 16th-century marble sarcophagus in which his body was placed, within an elaborate series of coffins, was made for Cardinal Wolsey and presented for the purpose by George III (see PAE5393). In this print, a couple with children and two sailors are visiting the crypt to pay homage to the fallen hero. The engraving process has, however, mistakenly transposed VICS for VISC in the legend on the tomb: Shepherd's original sketch for it ( PAE5394) correctly gives the legend as HORATIO VISC[OUNT] NELSON. It also includes no figures but bears a note by the artist that it was made by torchlight in 1830: this is how the developed print shows it. The English title is repeated at the bottom in French and German.