Sharpe, Charles William (1818-99; English), after Maclise, Daniel (1806-70; Irish)
Death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar (1876)
Engraving, c.40 x 125 cm
Gift of W.Pummeroy 1878
Location unknown
This print was donated together with * Stocks after Maclise Wellington and Blücher {1878} Loc? [PR], its pair.
Maclise’s monumental mural paintings, completed in the 1860s, are in the Palace of Westminster, London. Impressions of the two engravings , issued by the Art Union in 1876, still appear occasionally on the contemporary art market (example reproduced here).
[photo: impressions of this print and the companion engraving by Stocks, as auctioned by Bonhams, Oxford, 2011]
Refs.
For the present print, see NGV 1894, p.105 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 2nd bay, no.4); not listed in NGV 1905
For Maclise’s murals, see e.g. http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/01/0100/0100_.htm (Death of Nelson) and https://www.parliament.uk/worksofart/artwork/daniel-maclise/the-meeting-of-wellington-and-blucher-after-the-battle-of-waterloo/3246. For impressions of both engravings, with reproductions, see https://www.doeandhope.com/products/a-decorative-pair-of-very-large-gilt-framed-engravings-charles-w-sharpe-after-daniel-maclise-the-death-of-nelson-at-the-battle-of-trafalgar-published-1876-by-art-union-of-london-and-wellington-and-blucher-by-lumb-stocks (with details as above; size of each print given as 16.25 x 47.5 inches); see also https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18987/lot/21/ (Oxford, Nov.2011)
For Maclise, see linked entry; and for Sharpe, see Bénézit 12, p.1089