The Battle of Trafalgar (painting)
- The Battle of Trafalgar (painting)
"The Battle of Trafalgar" is an oil-on-canvas painting, created by J.M.W. Turner in 1824. The painting was ordered by King George IV for the Painted Hall at Greenwich, as a pendant for Louthebourg's "Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June". It shows the Royal Navy ship HMS "Victory" at the Battle of Trafalgar. It was controversial at the time, since it was not considered to be historically accurate. Turner chose to combine events from several times during the battle:
*Lord Nelson's famous signal ("England expects that every man will do his duty") flies from the Victory (11:50). Turner shows the signal flags flying from the main-mast, though in reality they would have been flown from the mizzen-mast and were replaced with the signal for "engage the enemy more closely" once the battle commenced.
*The mizzen-topmast falls (13:00).
*The "Achille" is on fire in the background (late afternoon).
*The "Redoutable" sinks in the foreground (following day).
References
* Tracy, Nicholas. "Nelson's Battles: The Art of Victory in the Age of Sail". Chatham Publishing, 1996. (p 194)
* Geoffrey Quilley, 'The Battle of the Pictures: Painting the History of Trafalgar', in David Cannadine (ed.), "Trafalgar in History: A Battle and its Afterlife", (London: Macmillan, 2006), pages 121-138
External links
* [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC0565 Description page] at the National Maritime Museum website.
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