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 1797'. Britannia stands to the left indicating Nelson's portrait with her right 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 & Spain on the 21st. Octr. 1805..' The picture is in a gilt, wooden frame.

Object Details

ID: GGG0505
Type: Picture on glass
Display location: Not on display
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 5 Dec 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 395 x 295 x 25 mm