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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.
The original Stanfield painting was made as a pendant to George Jone’s equally large view of Waterloo (1820). Both are still in the United Service Club building, London. It is not clear why Chambers made this rather mechanical copy. It is signed ‘G Chambers’.
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
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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