Brittannia lamenting the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, who after a series of transcendant and heroic Virtues, fell gloriously in his 121st. Engagement in the Moment of a Brilliant & Decisive Victory, obtained over the Combined Fleets of France & Spain on the 21st. Octr. 1805

Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting a monument with an oval portrait of Nelson on the plinth, a pyramid above bears three inscriptions within oval wreaths: 'Battle of Copenhagen 2d April 1801', 'Battle of Cape St Vincent 14 Feby 1797', ' Battle of the Nile 1,2,3 of Augt 1798'. Britannia stands to the left indicating Nelson's portrait with her left hand. Willow branches can be seen above the monument and the masts of a ship to the left, inscribed below: 'Brittannia lamenting the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, Who after a Series of transcendant and heroic Virtues, fell gloriously in his 121st. Engagement in the Moment of a Brilliant & Decisive Victory, obtained over the Combined Fleets of France and Spain on the 21st. Octr. 1805.' The picture is in a black wooden frame.

Object Details

ID: GGG0502
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Picture on glass
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Walker, W. B.
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 5 December 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 405 x 300 x 25 mm