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This sketch, exhibited under this title at the Royal Academy in 1832, is for a large picture, commissioned by the British Institution, exhibited there in 1829 and presented by the BI to the Naval Gallery at Greenwich Hospital. It is now in the National Maritime Museum as part of the Greenwich Hospital Collection. It reimagines the moment at the Battle of Cape St Vincent on 14th February 1797 when Commodore Nelson and Captain Edward Berry led boarders onto the deck of the Spanish 'San José' (a 120-gun first rate), having already taken the 'San Nicolas' (74 guns), which lies between the 'San José' and Nelson and Berry's own ship, HMS 'Captain'. Both Spanish vessels were captured in what became known as 'Nelson's patent bridge for boarding first rates'.
Title
Commodore Nelson boarding the San Joseph in the Battle of St Vincent
Date
c. 1828–1829
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 122 x W 168 cm
Accession number
WA1881.347
Acquisition method
gift from Gertrude Anne Jones (née Loscombe), 1881
Work type
Painting
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH England
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