Battle of Trafalgar printing plate

A metal plate that depicts the Battle of Trafalgar. The text at the top of the plate says 'The Destruction of the Combined Fleet off Cadis by Gallant Horatio L. Nelson, where he gloriously fell 21 Oct. 1805'. Printing plate in original paper wrapping.

Object Details

ID: AAB0394
Collection: Fine art
Type: Printing plate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Spitmann, N
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 17 Nov 1805
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 3 mm x 167 mm x 110 mm