Turner’s pictures of the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo were based on notes and drawings he made in his sketchbooks. He went aboard the Victory when she was at Sheerness for repairs, taking notes from men still on board. Turner visited the battlefield of Waterloo in 1817. During a guided tour he sketched the terrain, troop positions, numbers of dead, and the ‘great carnage of the cuirassiers by the guards’. He also sketched uniforms.
Gallery label, November 2022
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