1-153-498 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English naval commander. One of Britain's greatest military figures, Admiral Nelson (1758-1805) was the victor at a number of naval battles in the Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of the Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801) and most famously, Trafalgar (1805) where he was fatally wounded. Engraving after a portrait by Abbott.