Repro ID: PY5250
Title: The launch of the Nelson, 120 guns, at Woolwich Dockyard, 4 July 1814.
Description: The keel of the 'Nelson' was laid in 1805, but it was not until nine years later that she was launched at Woolwich. The launch was a gala affair with the Royal family in attendance, and over 20,000 spectators. The 'Nelson' was described as being 'superb and stupendous, of immense magnitude and exciting admiration, with a figurehead of our brave and ever lamented hero Nelson, supported by the flame and Britannia, with the motto England expects every man to do his duty’.
Creator: James Pringle
Date: c.1814
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
