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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Umar Rashid, The Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson. Or, sometimes all it takes is one mistake to get caught slippin’. A luxury you cannot afford. Even Poseidon can’t save you., 2025

Umar Rashid

The Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson. Or, sometimes all it takes is one mistake to get caught slippin’. A luxury you cannot afford. Even Poseidon can’t save you., 2025
Acrylic on canvas TBC
183 x 183 cm
72 x 72 in
URA 076
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The Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson. Or, sometimes all it takes is one mistake to get caught slippin’. A luxury you cannot afford. Even Poseidon can’t save...
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The Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson. Or, sometimes all it takes is one mistake to get caught slippin’. A luxury you cannot afford. Even Poseidon can’t save you. Nelson is ordered to destroy the Spanish fleet off of Cadiz at Trafalgar and succeeds. However, a few well placed spies make quick knife work of an exhausted, and handicapped Nelson. His loss was mourned by his friends and surely celebrated by his enemies. That’s the way hero worship works in real life.
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Umar Rashid: The Epoch of Totalitarianism Part 3: The Civil Wars and The Uncivilised Wars (SEE POWER), 13 November - 10 January 2026, Tiwani Contemporary London
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