L3569-001

'Fougeux'; warship; 74 guns Long Caption: Scale: Unknown. A model of the Royal Naval warship, 'Fougeux', made in plaster with wood, metal, paper, and cotton fittings which has been realistically painted. The model depicts the vessel at 13.40 on 21 October 1805 at the height of the Battle of Trafalgar and the ship is shown with damage sustained in the battle. The ship is three masted, ship rigged and with set sails, showing shot damage. Dark grey smoke is shown billowing from the deck. There is the remains of a French Tricolors on the poop deck, the mizzen mast is broken off above the lower mast. The hull is painted black with white stripes along the two gun decks, with a yellow outline running along the bullwarks, white on the deck, and black on the deck fittings. On paper label '38'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK, Greenwich Hospital Collection Object: SLR2745.39 Artist: William Haines Date: before 1858 Medium: cotton; silk; plaster; paint Size: 210 mm x 150 mm x 345 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.