The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: Death of Nelson

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Painted some 30 years after the event, this shows the Battle of Trafalgar at about 2.30pm in the afternoon and is a copy of Clarkson Stanfield’s very large canvas painted for the United Service Club, Pall Mall, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1836. It is an unusual interpretation of the Battle, viewed from the lee rather than the weather side of the British fleet, with sky occupying three-quarters of the picture. The ‘Victory’, in starboard-bow view, is in the centre right of the picture, with the ‘Redoutable’ and ‘Téméraire’ side by side and port-bow view. Beyond the ‘Téméraire’ the ‘Fougeux’ starboard-bow view is shown being raked from astern by the ‘Mars’, whose port bow is visible. The foreground focuses on the dramatic effects of wreckage with shipwrecked sailors clinging to floating spars and other debris.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: Death of Nelson

Date

c.1836

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 73.5 x W 120.5 cm

Accession number

BHC0545

Work type

Painting

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