Keywords: Turner, The Battle of Trafalgar (1822).jpg Artwork Q1772871 Creator Joseph Mallord William Turner The painting combines events from several times during the battle Nelson's famous signal England expects flies from the Victory 11 50 ; the top-mizzenmast falls 13 00 ; the Achille is on fire in the background late afternoon and the Redoutable sinks in the foreground following day Turner shows the Victory flying her signal flags from the main-mast although in actuality they would have been flown from the en mizzen-mast and were replaced with the signal for engage the enemy more closely once the battle commenced oil on canvas cm Institution National Maritime Museum object history exhibition history credit line accession number Downloaded from http //www nmm ac uk/mag/images/700/BHC0565_700 jpg PD-old-100 HMS Victory ship 1765 in art 1822 Paintings of the Battle of Trafalgar Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner |