The Battle of Trafalgar
The story
Nelson's HMS Victory looms at the center of a chaos of wreckage, smoke, and signal flags — Turner compresses several moments of the 1805 sea battle into one panoramic image. He painted this in 1822 for King George IV, his only royal commission. His largest canvas.
- Artist
- J. M. W. Turner
- Year
- 1822
- Period
- Romantic
- Where it lives
- Downloaded from http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/images/700/BHC0565_700.jpg
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
