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Description: | Oil on canvas. Vast naval ships are aligned in formation, many flying the British flag. Their rigging is in disarray and their sails in tatters. To the right of the composition, fire consumes one of the vessels, while in the centre, a rowing boat full of men heads towards the larger ships.
Another painting by Thomas Luny depicting this event is in the collection of the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia, dated 1806. While a third Luny painting of ‘The Battle of Trafalgar’, signed and dated 1826, is held in the Royal Navy Museum, Portsmouth. | Subjects: | ensign (ship) battle of trafalgar rowing boat ship smoke | Temporal: | 1810 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Thomas Luny | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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