Plan of the Platform and Disposition of the Bannerolls, Trophies &c. around the Coffin, at the Funeral of the much lamented LORD NELSON, under the Dome at St. Paul's Cathedral, on the 9th January 1806.

Lord Nelson’s body was preserved in a barrel of spirits after the battle of Trafalgar. His coffin was constructed from salvaged mast timbers from 'L’Orient', the French flagship blown up at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. For three days, the body lay in state in the Painted Chamber at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, until it was taken up river to Whitehall in the barge of the 'Victory'. A specially constructed funeral car, the lower portion imitating the hull of the 'Victory', carried it passed hundreds of thousands of London mourners to St Paul’s Cathedral for a special funeral service and burial.

This plan shows the position of the coffin, temporary pulpit, flags and banners arranged directly under the dome of St.Paul's. Six bannerolls show the lineage and pedigree of Lord Nelson.