A photographic reproduction as a print of a sketch of the HMS 'Victory,' the flagship of Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar. The British victory of the naval engagement against the Spanish and the French on October 21, 1805 established British naval supremacy for more than a century. The artist depicts the ship from a three-quarter view of the port-side and stern. According to the description printed below the image, the artist sketched the ship as he saw her from aboard the HMS 'Temeraire.'
