The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions
Date:
ca. 1803–6
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 3/8 x 39 1/2 inches (67 x 100.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.634
Gallery Label:
The Victory, which Turner shows from three different viewpoints, was the flagship of the popular British commander at the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Lord Nelson. After the battle, in which Nelson was killed by a sniper’s bullet, she sailed home with his body. Here she is passing the Isle of Wight, with the Needles to the left. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2022