Nelson's Column
Nelson's Column is a national monument of the United Kingdom based in Trafalgar Square, London. The column was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Nelsons Column, looking towards Westminster
Lord Nelson on Nelson's Column
Trafalgar Square, with Nelsons Column and some fountains.
Nelson's Column Media
The column under construction, 1843. William Henry Fox Talbot
The column looking south towards Whitehall, The Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey
The sandstone statue by Edward Hodges Baily
One of the four lions designed by Edwin Landseer at the base
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent by Musgrave Watson and William F. Woodington, the relief on the west face of the plinth
The Death of Nelson at Trafalgar by John Edward Carew, the relief on the south face of the plinth
The column during the Great Smog of 1952
One of the Landseer Lions with the column behind, June 2021
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