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A highly stylized interpretation of the Battle of Trafalgar. The artist has framed the painting by positioning two ships on either side of the composition. On the left in the foreground a British frigate, possibly the ‘Euryalus’, is shown bow on, with shot holes in her foresail. The ship in the right foreground is half out of the picture space with dark sails silhouetted for dramatic effect. In the middle distance on the left the ‘Victory’ is in action, in starboard-quarter view. She is mistakenly shown with her original stern galleries, before she was rebuilt with a closed stern. Beyond her in the left background is the ‘Santissima Trinidad’ in action, in port-broadside view. To starboard of the ‘Victory’, partially obscured by smoke are the sterns of the ‘Redoutable’ and possibly the ‘Téméraire’.
Drummond exhibited a painting of the Battle of Trafalgar at the British Institution in 1825 but it was smaller than this canvas.
Title
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
Date
early 19th C
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 152.5 x W 235 cm
Accession number
BHC0550
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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