3-047-157 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Nelson Boarding the San Nicolas', c1900. Scene from the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, between the British and the Spanish. '...directing Captain Miller to tput the helm at starboard, [Nelson] called for boarders and ordered them to board. Captain Berry leaped into the enemy's mizzen-chains, and in a short time the English were in possession of the ship'. From "Heroes of History", by Alfred H. Miles, illustrated by Howard Davie [Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London]