The Funeral Procession of Lord Nelson, on the Thames

Daniel Turner depicted Nelson's funeral from several viewpoints and numerous versions of this event by, or after, the artist are known to exist. Here he has focused on the funeral procession on the river, seen from Bankside in Southwark, looking towards the City. St. Paul's Cathedral, dominating the horizon, was the site of the funeral service and Nelson's ultimate resting place. The river procession, consisting of ceremonial barges, including the funeral barge dressed in black, is on its way from Greenwich to Whitehall. There were many different phases of this event which was spread over two weeks and recorded mostly by artists working for publishers.