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Thomas Buttersworth: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action  wikidata:Q50907519 reasonator:Q50907519
Artist
Thomas Buttersworth  (1768–1842)  wikidata:Q7788095
 
Alternative names
t. butterworth; Buttersworth; Butterworth
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 5 May 1768 Edit this at Wikidata November 1842 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Isle of Wight London
Work period 1812 Edit this at Wikidata–1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q7788095
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Title
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action

In the right foreground is the French ship ‘Bucentaure’ in starboard-bow view, with her mizzen mast and main topgallant mast shot away. In port-bow view and passing astern of her is the British ‘Neptune’, delivering raking fire. Astern of her and only half in the picture is the ‘Leviathan’ port bow view. In the left foreground the ‘Santissima Trinidad’ is shown in port bow view. Her main and mizzen masts and fore-topgallant mast are being shot away by the ‘Victory’, which is passing astern of her as she breaks the line. Only her stern, in port-quarter view, can be seen and her mizzen topmast is falling. Beyond her, also in port-quarter view, is the ‘Redoutable’ with the ‘Téméraire’s stern seen on her starboard side, the latter also engaged with the Spanish ‘Neptuno’. In the centre background is the ‘Euryalus’ frigate, in port-quarter view, and the bow of the ‘Royal Sovereign’ can be seen as she breaks the line astern of the ‘Santa Ana’, in starboard-bow view losing her main topmast. A mast and top with a yard and sail is in the water in the centre foreground.

This painting is one of a pair, the other showing the storm after the battle (see BHC0554). Buttersworth produced a number of variants of similar subjects.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action
Date between 1805 and 1842
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1842-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Painting: 570 mm x 865 mm x 22 mm; Frame: 715 mm x 1340 mm x 70 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC0553
Notes Signed in lower left sea of painting. Framed.
References
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12045
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id number: BHC0553
Collection
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Oil paintings

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