A Sailor's Observation on the Lamented Death of Lord Nelson (caricature)

This contemporary caricature captures the grief felt by ordinary sailors when they heard the news of Nelson’s death. The sailor on the right is drinking to ‘The memory of the Immortal Hero of the Nile’ – one of the earliest references to this famous toast, which is still drunk at traditional Trafalgar Night Dinners today. Hand-coloured.

Object Details

ID: PAF3850
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ackermann, Rudolph; Rowlandson, Thomas Woodward, George Murgatroyd
Date made: 3 Dec 1805
Exhibition: Broadsides! Caricature and the Navy 1775–1815
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 255 x 345 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 559 mm