About this artwork
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artist:John Burnet (1784 - 1868) Scottish
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title:Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson's Ship (Rawlinson no. 678 III)
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date created:1858
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after:Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) English
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materials:Engraving (steel) on paper
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measurements:Image size: 55.70 x 81.20 cm (framed: 87.00 x 114.60 x 2.20 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Sir Leonard Woolley Gift 1952
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accession number:TURNER.159
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John Burnet
John Burnet
John Burnet was born and raised in Fisherrow in Musselburgh, a village just outside Edinburgh. His father George Burnet was the surveyor-general of excise for Scotland. John received some initial artistic training before taking a seven years apprenticeship with the engraver Robert Scott. He...
