# Battle of Trafalgar

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STANFIELD, Clarkson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stanfield-clarkson-r53a966114b8865>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 270 x 480 cm

## Commentary

The Battle of Trafalgar \(21 October 1805\) was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition \(August-December 1805\) of the Napoleonic Wars \(1803-1815\). The battle was the most decisive British naval victory of the war.

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## Attribution

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