The British fleet is shown passing up the sound between Denmark and Sweden on 28th March 1801. The drawing has the names of some of the vessels shown, written in the margin of the picture, and notes on the places shown (see inscriptions). The 'Elephant' (Nelson’s flagship) is shown second in the line of British ships, behind the 'Monarch'. The hired armed lugger 'Lark', used to reconnoitre the Danish defences prior to the passage of the fleet, is shown on the far right. The information concerning the position of the ships is acknowledged in the inscription of the aquatint after this watercolour, dedicated to "Robinson Kittoe Esqr., late secretary to Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves KB" (PAJ2500). Pocock is likely to have worked from the eyewitness sketch by Robinson Kittoe (PAH4028).