This shows Nelson at the top of his column, as well as another statue called the equestrian statue of Charles I. The name is pretty on point since it shows Charles I on a horse.
One interesting tidbit, this was made in 1630. Then there was a civil war against Charles I and around 1649 parliament demanded it be taken down and melted. It was given to a metalsmith named John Rivet. Rivet didn't want to destroy it so instead he buried the statue in his back yard and gave parliament some scrap metal as proof it was destroyed. In 1675 it was discovered that Rivet still had the statue, so the government bought it off him and put it up where it is today.
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