Inscribed, as title, by the artist (and also the published title) and signed wiith initials 'BF', this is the eleventh and last of a group of designs (from 32 that Foster did) for wood-engravings to illustrate the 1854 edition of Southey's 'Life of Nelson' published by David Bogue, London. The resulting print appears on page 171 accompanying related text. The other drawings, not all in necessarily finished form and not in chronological order, are PAE5373-PAE5382. At the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798, Nelson was hit in the forehead by a piece of flying metal which layed open the flesh to the bone: it could have been fatal and had consequences in terms of concussion and its effect on his subsequent judgement for some time, but did not physically incapacitate him. He was helped below to have it dressed, where he reassured everyone of his condition then returned on deck in time to see the French flagship 'L'Orient' blow up. Other images in the edition were done by Edward Duncan (10) or reproduced pictures by Richard Westall, Sir Thomas Lawrence and other uncredited but mostly identifiable sources.The title here is as published. For Foster's full contributions to the edition see PAE5373. [PvdM 9/15]