File:W.B. Spencer - 'Victory' engaging the Spanish flagship 'Santisima Trinidad' with her port guns and the French ‘74’ 'Redoubtable' on her starboard side.jpg

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Victory engaging the Spanish flagship Santisima Trinidad with her port guns and the French ‘74’ Redoubtable on her starboard side
Artist
William Ball Spencer  (1854–1923)  wikidata:Q21155034
 
Alternative names
W.B. Spencer; William Barnett Spencer (in error); William B. Spencer
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 22 June 1854 Edit this at Wikidata 23 September 1923 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stepney Thorpe-le-Soken
Work period 1850 Edit this at Wikidata–1880 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q21155034
After William John Huggins  (1781–1845)  wikidata:Q8013630
 
Alternative names
Mr. (William John) Huggins; William Huggins; W.J. Huggins
Description English marine painter
Date of birth/death 1781 Edit this at Wikidata 19 May 1845 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q8013630
Title
Victory engaging the Spanish flagship Santisima Trinidad with her port guns and the French ‘74’ Redoubtable on her starboard side
Description
English: The Battle of Trafalgar, a set of four, comprising:

(i) The start of the Action, with “Victory” breaking the enemy line
(ii) Victory engaging the Spanish flagship Santisima Trinidad with her port guns and the French ‘74’ Redoubtable on her starboard side
(iii) The close of the Action; and
(iv) The storm after the battle – W.B. Spencer; one indistinctly signed 'W.B.Spencer' (lower left)
Lot number: 11430/lot/163/ Nelson and the Royal Navy 1750-1815, 5 Jul 2005 London, New Bond Street
Artist identified in error as William Barnett Spencer, should be Ball. This series of views by William B. Spencer are essentially taken directly from the Huggins’ originals, with only minor differences of style and content.

Number (ii) meanwhile presents an additional view showing “Victory” engaging the Spanish flagship “Santisima Trinidad” on her port side and the French “Redoubtable” with her starboard guns. An enigmatic interloper is a frigate named “Captain” however, shown sailing through the main action although seemingly taking no part in it. This appears to be an inexplicable error by the artist as not only was H.M.S. “Captain” a 74-gun 3rd rate rather than a frigate, but she took no part whatsoever in the battle of Trafalgar; even more curiously, another version of this work is known in commerce which also depicts the same frigate in a similar position.
Depicted place off Cape Trafalgar
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 48.2 x 78.8cm. (19 x 31in.)
Source/Photographer https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/11430/lot/163/
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