Scale: Not to scale. A model believed to depict the aftermath of the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). Seven English warships are depicted including one first rate with all sails set towing a distasted first rate. The dismasted ship, which may represent HMS Victory (1765), has only its lower fore and mainmast in place and between them, there is a large temporary rectangular structure on deck which, in line with contemporary popular assumptions, may represent a coffin carrying Nelson's body. To the starboard quarter of the dismasted ship there is a two-deck warship with almost all its sails set and to its starboard broadside, there is a frigate with no sails set. To port of the leading first rate there are three further warships, two frigates and a second or third rate, all with sails set. Three of the vessels are flying white ensigns from their sterns.

All seven models have been made from wood and are positioned in a green painted wooden sea with apertures cut out for them. The masts of six of the models are made partly or entirely from bone. The sails appear to be made from wood shavings and the rigging made of fine thread. The hulls have been painted realistically with black upperworks and broad white bands along the gun decks. The models are displayed in a mahogany-framed display case, glazed at the front, sides and top, and with a backboard on which is painted a horizon and sky. The upright edges of the display case have been finely turned and have finials carved in a spiral decoration. The case is supported on four round bun feet (one missing). The backboard of the case can be opened and is hinged at the top.