A broadsheet plan of the Battle of Trafalgar
Plan of the Attack by Lord Nelson, on the Combined Fleet, October 21st 1805.
London: Robert Dodd, 1805. Coloured aquatint. 265 x 365mm.
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A broadsheet print, showing the first moments of the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), with the British fleet under Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson splitting into two columns to break the crescent formation of the Franco-Spanish fleet.
Robert Dodd (1748-1815), one of the leading marine painters of the day, published this broadsheet less than a month after the battle, with a letterpress text underneath, not present in this example.
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A good example.References:
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM: PAF4741.Related products
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