This work of art, commemorating England's heroic naval victory over Napoleon's fleet in 1805 at Trafalgar, hangs in the Boscobel Mansion's library. Boscobel was once the home of Elizabeth Dyckman, a woman loyal to the British Crown. She became a widow in 1806, just as this house was being built, and only a year after Nelson's death. It is likely that she hung this print in her home as a gesture of both pride and sadness.

The print itself tells a bittersweet story, with its hero perishing in the arms of his subordinates just as victory beckoned. I wanted to make a photograph of this print that told my own story. I noticed that the glass in print's frame was reflecting a flowing curtain elsewhere in the room. I framed only the most significant part of this print, and also changed my camera position, moving the reflection so that it fills only the lower left hand corner of my frame. The reflected curtain can now be interpreted as the spirit leaving the hero's dying body, and with it, the meaning of the entire picture changes.