[SunkenCiv]

Lord Nelson was famously killed in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and buried in St Paul's after a state funeral. He was laid in a coffin made from the timber of a French ship he defeated in battle. The black marble sarcophagus that adorns his tomb was originally made for Cardinal Wolsey, Lord Chancellor during the reign of Henry VIII in the early sixteenth century. After Wolsey's fall from favour, it remained unused at Windsor until a suitable recipient could be found. Nelson's viscount coronet now tops this handsome monument.

Discover the Crypt: Nelson's Tomb | The Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral

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[mass55th]

If you ever get to watch the 2-season series of "Secrets of the Museum," I highly recommend it. It follows restorers at the Victoria & Albert Museum, as they work on stabilizing, and restoring all different kinds of items they have in their collection. It's a good way of seeing historical artifacts that you'll never get to see in person. You might be able to find some of them on YouTube:

Secrets of the Museum

They've also done a similar series on London's Natural History Museum.

[Sans-Culotte]

Nelson had one of the greatest deaths, being killed during his greatest victory. Had he survived, he would have lived to see himself and the Royal Navy becomes more or less irrelevant because he had crushed French sea power so thoroughly at Trafalgar. Instead, he went out in a blaze of glory.