The Battle of Trafalgar. From the picture in the Vernon Gallery

Steel engraving by J. Cousen after the painting by Clarkson Stanfield R.A., printed by T. Brooker.

Image size: 5 1/4" x 10 3/16" plus margins.

Very good, clean condition.

This engraving was published originally in 'The Art Union' magazine circa 1850, is based on Clarkson's original oil for the United Services Club painting of 1836 -  now in the Tate. The Victory is in the centre right of the picture, with  Redoutable and Téméraire side by side. Beyond Téméraire, Fougeux is shown being raked from astern by 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. On the left the jagged part of a mast is visible with French sailors clinging to it. A British boat hovers close by, attempting to take the sailors off. In the central foreground a sailor clutching a boat-hook stands in the bow of a boat. On the right more wreckage is in front of Santissima Trinidad, shown stern on and half into the picture. On the far left of the picture is Royal Sovereign in starboard-bow view, beside Santa Ana in port-bow view. Beyond these two are the sterns of the British ship Belleisle, and the French Achille. On the right side, beyond the bow of Victory, the Conqueror is firing into Bucentaure. To starboard of her Neptune is in port-quarter view with part of the stern of Leviathan seen beyond. See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-battle-of-trafalga...

£35.00 mounted on acid-free board.