The Trafalgar Chronicle

Dedicated to Naval History in the Nelson Era: New Series 5

Sean Heuvel, Judith Pearson, John Rodgaard

• Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781526759627
• eBook ISBN: 9781526759634
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Early Modern History
• Index: History

In essays that are "entertaining and, at times, fascinating" The 1805 Club's journal examines how art, literature, and film portray the Georgian Navy ( Pirates and Privateers ). The Trafalgar Chronicle is a prime source of information as well as the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian Navy, sometimes also loosely referred to as 'Nelson's Navy', though its scope reaches out to include all the sailing navies of the period. In this 2020 issue, the feature article, by Gerald Stulc, MD, analyzes film depictions and portraits of Horatio Nelson, throughout his service and after his death, comparing these images to the clinical realities of Nelson's injuries in battle. Additional theme-related contributions include the story behind the most famous paintings of Nelson's death; how Tobias Smollet wrote a novel revealing the unhygienic and inhumane medical care aboard Royal Navy ships of the day; the rise of the fouled anchor motif; modern-day naval historical fiction portrayals of women in the era of Nelson; and whimsical drawings of Nelson in caricature and cartoon. In the tradition of recent editions of The Trafalgar Chronicle, this issue contains biographical sketches of Royal Navy contemporaries of Nelson including Sir Andrew Pellet Green, Commander James Pearl, Captain John Houghton Marshall, and Captain Ralph Willet Miller, and Sir Home Popham. Each made a unique contribution to Britain's victories at sea. Of more general interest to readers, the 2020 issue provides articles about the role of Spain in the American Revolution, new revelations about Cornwallis' children that he fathered while stationed in the Caribbean, and how the American War for Independence influenced Royal Navy operations in the War of 1812.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of contents
• President’s Foreword – Admiral Sir Jonathon Band
• Editor’s Foreword – Judith E Pearson, Sean Heuvel & John Rodgaard
• Representations of Horatio Nelson in the Visual Arts: Heroic Portraiture Versus Historical Reality from a Medical Perspective – Gerald Stulc
• William Beatty, Arthur Devis and the Death of Lord Nelson in Early Nineteenth-Century Literature and Art – Andrew Venn
• Nelson in Caricature and Cartoon – Peter Turner 44
• Tobias Smollett and the Early Georgian Navy – Anthony Bruce
• Beyond Lady Barbara: Women as Portrayed in British Naval Fiction – Linda Collison
• The Rise of the Fouled Anchor: The Visual Codification of the Royal Navy During the 1700s – Lily Style
• Spain and American Independence: The Best-Kept Secret of the Georgian Age – Chipp Reid
• Sir Andrew Pellet Green: Vice Admiral Thomas Fremantle’s Protégé – Charles Fremantle
• Commander Sir James Pearl – Sean Heuvel
• Captain John Houlton Marshall – John Rodgaard and Lisa Heuvel
• Captain Ralph Willett Miller – Gerald Holland
• The Popham Code Controversy – Chris Coehlo
• Cornwallis, a Woman Named Cuba, and the Caribbean – Barry Jolly
• A Second Naval War: The Immediate Effects of the American War on Royal Navy Operations, June 1812–July 1813 – Samantha Cavell
• Contributors’ Biographies
• Notes
• The 1805 Club
• Colour Plate Section between pages 128 and 129