Measurements: Overall: 72cm (28.25in) x 57cm (22.5in)
Mezzotint. Mezzotint. To the distant left British warships break the enemy line, while in the foreground lie the French Tricoleur and Spanish ‘la Rojigualda’. To the right a forest of English oak looms over Nelson’s tomb on which the figure of Britannia mourns with a lion couchant at her feet. To the left of the tomb the female figure of Victory pens an epitaph - ‘His Dauntless Bosom met the fatal Ball and Victory Mournd [sic] her Hero 21 October 1805’. A second memorial tome at Victory’s feet, held open by a fanfare trumpet and wreath of victor’s laurels, reads ‘After a series of Transendent [sic] and Heroic Servises [sic] this Gallant ADMIRAL FELL Gloriously in the moment of Brilliant and Desisive [sic] VICTORY / over the Combined Fleets of France and SPAIN off Cape Trafalgar in the 47 [th] year of HIS AGE’. Inscribed below the image with the title ‘Drawn by John Hopkins. Engraved by John Young, engraver in mezzotint to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales / A Tribute To The Memory of The Late Vice admiral Viscount Nelson. / Britannia lamenting the Death of her brave Defender Fame crowning his bust with those laurels he so gloriously won History recording the event / To the Right Honble. Malmesbury. This Plate is with permission Dedicated by his most obedient and devoted servant John Hopkins / London June 4th 1806. Published by Boydell and Compy. No. 90 Cheapside.’ Framed and glazed.
Mezzotint. Mezzotint. To the distant left British warships break the enemy line, while in the foreground lie the French Tricoleur and Spanish ‘la Rojigualda’. To the right a forest of English oak looms over Nelson’s tomb on which the figure of Britannia mourns with a lion couchant at her feet. To the left of the tomb the female figure of Victory pens an epitaph - ‘His Dauntless Bosom met the fatal Ball and Victory Mournd [sic] her Hero 21 October 1805’. A second memorial tome at Victory’s feet, held open by a fanfare trumpet and wreath of victor’s laurels, reads ‘After a series of Transendent [sic] and Heroic Servises [sic] this Gallant ADMIRAL FELL Gloriously in the moment of Brilliant and Desisive [sic] VICTORY / over the Combined Fleets of France and SPAIN off Cape Trafalgar in the 47 [th] year of HIS AGE’. Inscribed below the image with the title ‘Drawn by John Hopkins. Engraved by John Young, engraver in mezzotint to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales / A Tribute To The Memory of The Late Vice admiral Viscount Nelson. / Britannia lamenting the Death of her brave Defender Fame crowning his bust with those laurels he so gloriously won History recording the event / To the Right Honble. Malmesbury. This Plate is with permission Dedicated by his most obedient and devoted servant John Hopkins / London June 4th 1806. Published by Boydell and Compy. No. 90 Cheapside.’ Framed and glazed.