Hand-coloured aquatint and etching inscribed above: "From a painting in the possession of Sir E. Harvey" (Sir Eliot Harvey was captain of the Temeraire), and below: "Situation of the Temeraire at half past 3pm October 21st 1805". The picture shows the Temeraire in action against the Fougueux and the Redoutable during the Battle of Trafalgar. The Redoutable lost her main and mizzen masts; her main falling on the after-part of the Temeraire. Both the Fougueux and the Redoutable were taken, and, by the point in the battle depicted, both ships had ceased any resistance. Earlier in the action, both Fougueux and Redoutable had been lashed to Temeraire (see W. Laird Clowes 'The Royal Navy - a History' Vol. 5, pp.146-7).
The ships are shown with Redoutable, her main and mizzen masts down, in the right centre of the picture, while Temeraire is in the centre and Fougueux on her port side in the centre left. The frigate on the left probably represents the Sirius arriving, having received a signal to take Temeraire in tow (see 'Great Sea Fights', Vol. 2, pp. 220, 314; pub. Navy Records Society, 1900).