The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805; 'Birds eye View' of the start of the action

A preliminary sketch version of the same point at start of the battle as shown in more detail in PAD8783, inscribed by Pocock 'Birds eye View of the Manner of Bringing the Fleet into Action'. Exhibited: NMM Pocock exhib. (1975), no. 78, but mistakenly identified there as showing the start of the Battle of the Nile.

Object Details

ID: PAD8787
Collection: Fine art; Special collections
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Pocock, Nicholas
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: ca.1805; circa 1807
People: Pocock, Nicholas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 168 mm x 248 mm