The Battle of Trafalgar
This engraving comes from a series reproducing works in "The Vernon Gallery," pictures collected by Robert Vernon (1774–1849) who amassed a fortune as contractor supplying horses to the British armies during the Napoleonic wars. Subsequently, he began to acquire paintings by living British artists and in 1847 he presented 157 to the nation. These were kept and shown at Marlborough House on Pall Mall before being moved to the South Kensington Museum, and then the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square in 1876. They were later divided between the latter and the Tate Gallery.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Battle of Trafalgar
- Engraver: John Cousen (British, Bradford 1804–1880 South Norwood)
- Artist: After Clarkson Stanfield (British, Sunderland 1793–1867 London)
- Printer: Thomas Brooker (British, active 1840–77)
- Date: ca. 1860
- Medium: Engraving and etching on chine collé
- Dimensions: Plate: 10 9/16 × 14 3/16 in. (26.8 × 36 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 18 13/16 in. (34.3 × 47.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
- Object Number: 47.100.309
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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