1-217-695 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805', (c1850s). Scene on 'HMS Victory' during the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, where the British navy decisively defeated the Franco-Spanish fleet. The British commander Admiral Lord Nelson died towards the end of the battle after being shot by a French sharpshooter. Colour plate taken from the book Pictures of English History, George Routledge And Sons, (London, New York, c1850).