Warship; 74 guns; Third Rate
Scale: Unknown. A model of a Royal Naval warship made in plaster with wood, metal, paper, and cotton fittings which has been realistically painted. The model depicts the vessel at 1.40pm on 21st October 1805 at the height of the Battle of Trafalgar and shows the ship undamaged. The ship is three masted and ship rigged on all three masts. There is a white ensign flying from the peak of the gaff, a union flag flying from a halliard, rigged to the bowsprit and a pennant is flying from the top of the foremast. The hull is painted black with white stripes along the gun decks, white on the deck, and black on the deck fittings.
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