All-time classic naval painting The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield. Stanfield's painting of Trafalgar is produced in a restricted print run by Cranston Fine Arts, the naval art specialists.

The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield.  W. C. Stanfield born December 1793 in Sunderland. As a boy Clarkson Stanfield was an  apprentice to an heraldic painter in Edinburgh but after a 2 year period in Edinburgh and at the age of 15 he joined a merchant ship in 1808. In 1812 he was pressed into the Royal Navy. In 1814 he was discharged from the navy due to an accident falling from the ships rigging. After joining a merchant ship for China, he returned in 1816. He took up the profession of scene painting in Edinburgh and London. He exhibited in 1820 and was known for his marine paintings. A founder member of the Society of British Artists he became its President in 1829. Clarkson Stanfield, who was regarded as one of Britain's finest maritime painters, died in Hampstead, London on May 18th 1867.

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