Battle of Trafalgar

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

William Joy was born in Greta Yarmouth, Norfolk. His father was a guard on the Great Yarmouth to Ipswich mail coach. His younger brother, John Cantiloe Joy, was also a marine painter and the two were known as the brothers Joy. Both brothers attended Mr Wright’s Southtown Academy in Great Yarmouth, before moving to London together in about 1830, under the patronage of the Earl of Abergavenny. In London they were successful in gaining commissions from naval patrons and sometimes worked together on compositions. William exhibited his work at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists. The two brothers moved to Chichester late in their careers, where they died within a short time of each other.

Places

Cape Trafalgar, Atlantic Ocean

Subjects

topography, seascape/coastal scene, naval battle, ship

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), ink, Ink and wash drawing, wash, sepia

Artist

William Joy (1803 - c.1859)

Title

Battle of Trafalgar

Date

Medium

Pen and ink and sepia wash on paper

Dimensions

height: 37.00 cm, width: 54.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sir Bruce Ingram, 1963

Inscription

none visible

Provenance

Collection of journalist and newspaper editor Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram (1877-1963) and on loan to the Ministry of Works from 1952; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in 1963

GAC number

1576