This stunning impression of the Battle of Trafalgar was produced to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's finest hour.

The painting shows the moment when, unable to return fire on her approach, the battered and bloodied HMS Victory finally breaks through the enemy line with a thunderous broadside, splintering the stern of the French flagship Bucentaur into a thousand pieces. The Victory then rammed the French Redoubtable, the two ships exchanging broadsides at point blank range.

This was the moment that Nelson, mortally wounded by a French marksman, was taken below. Through the billowing clouds of smoke it was difficult to tell friend from foe, as the great ships blazed away at each other that fateful afternoon. The French and Spanish guns began to slacken and eventually fell silent. Before he died, Nelson learnt of his great victory over the combined fleets, and knew his duty was done. He had put and end to Napoleon's imminent invasion of England's shores.