Naval Engagement by Thomas Buttersworth

watercolor

PAINTINGS - WATERCOLORS
marad; paintings
Buttersworth, Thomas
1805-10-21
paper
12-5/8 x 18-3/8 in.

Watercolor on paper; by Thomas Buttersworth; naval engagement, wrecks in foreground; signed lower left "T. Buttersworth";
depicts Battle of Trafalgar (Oct. 21, 1805), shows the Spanish four-deck, 130-gun SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD at far left, Nelson’s ship, HMS VICTORY, astern and in battle with French 74 REDOUBTABLE; HMS TEMERAIRE alongside REDOUBTABLE; French Admiral Villeneuve’s flagship 80-gun BUCENTAURE being raked from astern by 98-gun HMS NEPTUNE, while the British 74-gun ships LEVIATHAN and CONQUEROR approach at right.


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1996.152.1

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