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All-time classic
naval painting The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield.
Stanfield's painting of Trafalgar is produced in a restricted print run by
Cranston Fine Arts, the naval art specialists.
The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield.
W. C. Stanfield born December 1793 in Sunderland. As
a boy Clarkson Stanfield was an apprentice to an heraldic painter in
Edinburgh but after a 2 year period in Edinburgh and at the age of 15 he
joined a merchant ship in 1808. In 1812 he was pressed into the Royal
Navy. In 1814 he was discharged from the navy due to an accident falling
from the ships rigging. After joining a merchant ship for China, he
returned in 1816. He took up the profession of scene painting in Edinburgh
and London. He exhibited in 1820 and was known for his marine paintings. A
founder member of the Society of British Artists he became its President
in 1829. Clarkson Stanfield, who was regarded as one of Britain's finest
maritime painters, died in Hampstead, London on May 18th 1867.
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The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield.
Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £45.00
ITEM CODE DHM1112
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The Battle took place at the Cape of Trafalgar,
80 KM west of Cadiz, British Victory of the French and Spanish
Navies, with the British losses being the Vice Admiral, Lord Horatio
Nelson who was killed in the action, and some 1596 Officers and Men,
killed or wounded. The French and Spanish losses were much higher
with both the French Rear Admiral Charles Magon and the Spanish
Admiral Don Frederico Gravina killed, plus some 2,600 officers and
men killed or wounded and a total of 4,400 captured.
The British fleet were. HMS Victory, HMS
Britannia, Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Minotaur,
Spartiate, Agamemnon, Afirca, Royal Soveriegn, Prince of Wales,
Dreadnaught, Tonnant, Mars, Polyphemus, Belle Isle, Bellerophon, Colossus,
Defiance, Achilles, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defence, Thunderer,
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