Framed and glazed drawing showing a ghostly figure of Nelson standing in Greenwich Park, gesturing with his hat in his left hand towards the Queen's House. The bottom of the mount bears the following caption: '"England Expects -" It is hoped that through the generosity and patriotism of the public it may be possible to secure for the Queen's House at Greenwich - which is about to be made into a National Naval Museum - the Macpherson collection of sea-pictures, the finest and most comprehensive in the world.' The bottom of the frame has a small plaque engraved with: 'Original drawing by Sir Bernard Partridge for Punch's cartoon of 16. Nov. 1927.'

This drawing, published in 'Punch' on the date given was part of the campaign led by the Society for Nautical Research to purchase the Macpherson Collection, by public appeal, to form the founding core of what became the National Maritime Museum. The appeal did not reach its target before (Sir) James Caird stepped in and personally bought the Collection for that purpose. A board of 'temporary trustees' for the museum was then set up under the chairmanship of Lord Stanhope to carry the project forward, and as custodians of material, until formally reconstituted as the NMM Trustees (which Stanhope also chaired to his retirement in 1954) by the founding NMM Act of 1934. The public money raised by the Macpherson Appeal remained with the SNR, being converted into its Macpherson Endowment Fund, from which the income supports further artistic acquisitions by the Museum. The published print from this drawing can be found facing p. 136 in the Museum's official history ('Of Ships and Stars...' by K. Littlewood and B. Butler, 1998) where it is noted that Sir Owen Seaman, then editor of 'Punch' was a supporter of the project. Ironically, when that was published, the inadequate record of this drawing meant that Museum staff of the time had quite forgotten it was in the collection, with the result that the Museum unnecessarily paid a reproduction fee to 'Punch' to use the print version. Sir (John) Bernard Partridge, 1861-1945, was an extremely well known illustrator of the period and chief cartoonist for 'Punch' from 1901. [PvdM 12/11]