Ships Laid Up in the Medway Frame:No frame Here are Nelson's famous victories

Here are Nelson's famous victories at the battles of the Nile

in her most famous speech to the troops at Tilbury she declared that while she had 'the body of a weak and feeble woman'

" Ben Canales 2013

Napoleon surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland of the 'Bellerophon' which brought him to England and he was detained on board in Plymouth Sound during July while his fate was decided

The ‘longitude problem’ was the thorniest dilemma of the eighteenth century

Ships Laid Up in the Medway Frame:No frame Here are Nelson's famous victoriesThe canvas shows a view up the Medway as seen from Chatham towards Rochester and taken from a high vantage point. Painted by an unknown artist working in the Dutch style of the 17th century, the painting can probably be dated to around 1675. The stylised rolling Kent countryside on either side the river is populated with a display of vessels, most of which are probably related to the Chatham dockyards. Artist: Unknown, Netherlandish School Date: circa