painted some thirty years after the event. The stamp from Ascension and the miniature sheet of Monserrat shows the same painting of a copy of StanfieldsThe painting shows the battle of about 02.30 pm in the afternoon of 21 October 1805 and is a copy of Clarkson Stanfield’s very large canvas painted for the United Service Club, Pall Mall, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1836.
It is an unusual interpretation of the battle, viewed from the lee rather than the weather side of the British fleet, with sky occupying three-quarters of the painting.
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collectio ... 12037.html
The scene represents the centre of the combined fleet, at half-past two o'clock, about an hour and a half after Lord Nelson received his death-wound. The VICTORY, the ship which bore his lordship's flag, after sustaining heavy fire from four of the enemy's vessels, is in the act of disengaging herself from the REDOUBTABLE, a French seventy-four, at that time lashed alongside the TEMERAIRE, a British ninety-eight, and at the moment the FOUGUEUX, another French seventy-four, became the prize of the latter. On the left of the spectator is Lord Collingwood's ship, the ROYAL SOVEREIGN, with her prize, the SANTA ANA, totally demasted, and the other ships of the lee division. On the right of the VICTORY is the BUCENTAURE, a French eighty gunship, commanded by Admiral Villeneuve, with her main and mizen masts shot away; and the SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD, a Spanish four-decker; both ships unmanageable wrecks from the heavy raking fire of the VICTORY, NEPTUNE, LEVIATHAN, &c. The composition of this sketch is most spirited; the battle is described with the animation of one who is not unacquainted with the perils of naval warfare; while the painter's hand and eye have marked it with a breadth of effect and a display of artistic science that cannot be surpassed. But, excellent as it is, we would rather have seen hanging in its place the noble picture which succeeded it, and which, as now located, is visible only to a few; such a work ought to be national property.
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Ascension 2005 65p sg?, scott?
Montserrat 2005 $6 sgMS?, scott?
The vessels depicted in the painting are:
VICTORY: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8865
REDOUBTABLE: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7651&p=20913#p20913
TEMERAIRE: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17557
FOUGEUX: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17550&p=20911&hilit=temeraire#p20911
ROYAL SOVEREIGN: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8817
SANTA ANA, also given as SANTA ANNA: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5984&p=5980&hilit=SANTA+ANA+1784#p5980
BUCENTAUER: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17553
SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7676&p=7672&hilit=santisima+trinidad#p7672
NEPTUNE: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10540
LEVIATHAN: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13650&p=15162&hilit=leviathan#p15162