Admiral Lord Nelson achieved his greatest victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, defeating the French and Spanish fleets and securing British naval dominance, but he was mortally wounded by a French sniper during the battle, dying hours later on his flagship HMS Victory, transforming a strategic triumph into a national legend of sacrifice and duty,
The scene in the cockpit on the 'Victory', 100 guns, as Nelson lay dying during the Battle of Trafalgar.
In the center at the back, the 'Victory's' Captain, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, stands over Nelson, his right hand on the ship's knee against which Nelson reclines