About this site

View of Greenwich Hospital and the River Thames at Greenwich. An atmospheric, almost monochrome wash drawing over pencil, looking from beside the north front of the King Charles Court eastward along what is now Admiral's Walk. The opening of the Gran
probably 1850s
National Maritime Museum

The Leda Yacht, R.W.Y.C. Hand-coloured.; Medium includes gum arabic.
1 Jan 1850
National Maritime Museum

'Plain of Santiago, Chile, from the Cuesta del Prado, Jany 7th 1851'. No. 46 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe was at Valparaiso over the winter of 1851, en
7 January 1851
National Maritime Museum

'Rancho at Concon, between Valparaiso and Quillota, Jany 14th 1850' [Chile]. No. 35 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Having returned to Valparaiso from Samoa in the
14 January 1850
National Maritime Museum

The Devils Thumb, Ships Boring and Warping in the Pack, Dedicated by special permission to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty By their Lordships most obedient Servant W H Browne, Lieut R N (late of HMS Enterprize ). Print. The Enterprize is shown on
31 Jan 1850
National Maritime Museum

Embarkation of the Rifles from Dover Harbour for the Cape in Jany 1851. Drawing
Jan 1851
National Maritime Museum

32 ft Barge. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 14-oared 32 ft Barge. Annotation dated October 1852, listing the dockyards to which copied were sent.
Originally dated: 7 January 1851, later amended to 1853
National Maritime Museum

'Lake of Acoleo [Laguna de Aculeo], Chile, Jany 11th 1851'. No. 48 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the third of seven drawings (PAI4653-PAI4659) which reco
11 January 1851
National Maritime Museum

'Suspension Bridge of hide thongs (but repaired with chain) over the Maypu, five leagues south of Santiago, Chile, Jany 11th 1851'. No. 47 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as
11 January 1851
National Maritime Museum

'The Cuesta de Chacabuco, looking towards San Felipe de Aconcagua [Chile], Jany 14th 1851'. No. 50 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the fifth of seven drawi
14 January 1851
National Maritime Museum

'Two Leagues from Santa Rosa [de Los Andes, Chile], Jany 14th 1851' [with the Andes and Aconcagua]. No. 51 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The inscription continue
14 January 1851
National Maritime Museum

'Callina [Colina], 15 miles north of Santiago, Jany 13th 1851' [Chile]. No. 49 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the fourth of seven drawings (PAI4653-PAI465
15 January 1851
National Maritime Museum

'Between San Felipe de Aconcagua and Quillota, Chile, Jany 16th 1851'. No. 52 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the last of seven drawings (PAI4653-PAI4659)
16 January 1851
National Maritime Museum

(Recto) Sheerness Dockyard from stern port of the 'Trafalgar', 25 January 1851; (Verso) 'Monarch' at Sheerness from the 'Trafalgar' 29 January 1851. No. 7 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) Inscribed top left: 'Sheern
January 1851
National Maritime Museum

. A balloon used by the Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. Red and white paper enclosed in silk net. Rescue vessels loosed hydrogen-filled balloons carrying bundles of messages stitched to lengths of fast and slow burning fuses. As the
1852-3
National Maritime Museum

. Balloon used by Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. Red and white paper enclosed in silk net. One half of the balloon is numbered AAA4347. The other half is numbered AAA4347.1.
1852-3
National Maritime Museum

23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for an 8-oared 23 ft Cutter. Signed J. Edye [Assistant Surveyor to W. Symonds] and Isaac Watts [later Surveyor of the Navy, 1860-1863]
Dated: January 1852
National Maritime Museum

28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail for a 35 ft Barge. Signed J. Edye [Assistant to the Surveyor of the Navy], and Isaac Watts [Assistant to the Surveyo
Dated: January 1852
National Maritime Museum

Asia (1824); Queen (1839); Formidable (1825); Alfred (1819). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation and plan for the apparatus to work a Brown and Barratt Chain Cable Compressor, as fitted to Asia (1824), an 84-gun Second/Third Rate, two-decker, and als
Possibly January 1852, but annotation is dated March 1842
National Maritime Museum

H.M.S. Maeander 44 guns. Rio June 9th 1851 (Before letters). Stored in mount with PAH0898. This print depicts the HMS ‘Meander’, a 44-gun 5th rate frigate. She is shown anchoring in the port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shortening her sails in p
1 Jan 1852
National Maritime Museum

H.M.S. Maeander 44 guns. Shortening Sail for Anchoring (Rio June 9th 1851). Stored in mount with PAH0898.
1 Jan 1852
National Maritime Museum

H.M.S. Meander 44 guns shortening sail for anchoring (Rio, June 9th 1851. Hand-coloured. This print depicts the HMS ‘Meander’, a 44-gun 5th rate frigate. She is shown anchoring in the port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shortening her sails in pre
1 Jan 1852
National Maritime Museum

Badge: Legion of Honour, 5th Class 1852. Badge: Silver star of five rays with double points with a small silver ball on each point, enamelled white, the arms connected with a green enamelled laurel and oak wreath surmounted by an Imperial Crown. Obverse:
after 1852
National Maritime Museum

Legion of Honour, 5th class 1852. Obverse: (Centered). Head of the Republic. Inscription: "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870". Reverse: In centre, crossed tricolours. Inscription: "HONNEUR ET PATRIE". Awarded to Group Captain Charles Russel Je

National Maritime Museum

The Sverige Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine, January 1953. Print
Jan 1853
National Maritime Museum

23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail [modified in blue], and longitudinal half-breadth for an 8-oared 23 ft Cutter.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum

25 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail [modified in blue], and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 25 ft Cutter.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum

28 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail [modified in blue], and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 28 ft Cutter. Annotated in pencil with record where copies were sent to: dated 1859, 1860, and 1861.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum

28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 12 oared, 28 ft Pinnace. Annotation in pencil dated 1880 relates to a 28 ft Pinnace and a 26 ft Pinnace.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum

The Kent 1000 Tons being towed past Gravesend. A pier-side scene by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton showing the ‘Kent’ (with passengers, in starboard-bow view) being towed past Gravesend by a paddle steamer on the right of the image. Her sails are in
19 Jan 1853
National Maritime Museum

(Recto) Gibraltar from the Queen of Spain's Chair, 22 January 1853; (verso, undated) St Angelo and Dockyard Creek, Malta. No. 31 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) A view southward towards Gibraltar and the Atlas mountains of the Moroccan coast be
January - May/June1853
National Maritime Museum

'Castle Dunolly; W. Oban'. This sketch of a 'view of Castle Dunolly' would very probably have been done by Louis Herschel from life on a family holiday. it is signed by the artist. Other sketches by Louisa of the Scottish coast suggest
probably 1854
National Maritime Museum

. Metropolitan Police sword, the hilt consists of a solid brass knuckle-bow leading to a short upturned quillon with a disc terminal. An additional bar on the obverse reaches from the centre of the crosspiece to the mid point of the bow. In the middle of
1854-5
National Maritime Museum

. Metropolitan Police sword, the hilt consists of a solid brass knuckle-bow leading to a short upturned quillon with a disc terminal. An additional bar on the obverse reaches from the centre of the crosspiece to the mid point of the bow. In the middle of
1854-5
National Maritime Museum

. The black leather scabbard has a brass top locket fitted with a frog stud and a brass chape.
1854-5
National Maritime Museum

. The black leather scabbard has a brass top locket fitted with a frog stud and a brass chape.
1854-5
National Maritime Museum

Herring boats, Portree, Skye. This sketch of 'Herring boats' at Portree, Skye would very probably have been done by Louis Herschel from life on a family holiday. It is signed by the artist. Other sketches by Louisa of the Scottish coast suggests
probably 1854
National Maritime Museum

The Gorlitza Prince A.Labanoff de Rostoff. Imperial Yacht Club of St Petersburgh. Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine Jan 1854. Print
Jan 1854
National Maritime Museum

View of an island in Scotland. This sketch of a 'view of an island in Scotland' would very probably have been done by Louis Herschel from life on a family holiday. It is signed by the artist. Other sketches by Louisa of the Scottish coast sugges
probably 1854
National Maritime Museum

'Jany. 1. 1854 (22)'. This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 1 January 1854, portrays shipping on the Nile. By the time of his second visit to Egypt, Lear had developed his individual style, which, despite its sense of detailed observatio
1 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

'Jany. 3. 1854.' (30). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 3 January 1854, shows a large lateen-rigged vessel passing along the Nile with the steep bank of the river rising in the background. Single palm trees and two small buildings wi
3 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

'Jany. 3. noon 1854.' (28). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 3 January 1854, shows the banks of the Nile with a large gyassi passing a low, square and possibly ancient building amongst palm trees on the right. By the time of his sec
3 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

'14 Jany. 1854.' (63). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 14 January 1854, shows the barren banks of the Nile with two gyassis sailing slowly across the calm water of the stream. The time of day could be dawn as indicated by the subdue
14 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

'Jany 13th & 14th 1854.' (62). The page is covered with studies of various Egyptian craft, including dahabeeyahs, gyassis and nuggers. Each vessel is portrayed individually on a stretch of calm, reflecting water. Some additional figure and l
13 & 14 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

'Near Mensheeh. Jany. 15. 1854.' (78). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 15 January 1854, shows the barren banks of the Nile near Mensheeh with two buildings (one of them a mosque?) and two tall palm trees. To the right a nugger, a tr
15 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

'Near Ballas. noon. Jany. 20.1854.' (103). This study of a gyassi on the Nile near Ballas was taken on Edward Lear’s second journey to Egypt in 1854. The lateen-rigged traditional cargo vessel is portrayed on calm water with a stretch of b
20 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

'Near Gebel El Silsilis. 26 Jany 1854. 5 1/4 A.M. (135)'. This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 26 January 1854 at 5:15 in the afternoon, shows shipping on the vast expanse of the Nile with three traditional Egyptian cargo vessels sailing
26 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

'Near Gebel es Silsilas. 26 Jany. 5 1/2 P.M. 1854. (136)'. This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 26 January 1854 at 5:30 in the afternoon, shows the banks of the Nile with some tall palm trees to the left and a mountain-range stretching i
26 January 1854
National Maritime Museum

Cymba 53 Tons, Jn, M.Rowan, Esq. Royal Northern, Royal Mersey & Royal Western of England Yacht Clubs. Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine Jany 1855. Print
Jan 1855
National Maritime Museum

The Fanshawes' sitting room. Although this drawing is probably later, it is the opening one in the album covering Fanshawe's Pacific commission of 1848 to 1852 as captain of HMS 'Daphne'. It shows a first-floor town-house drawing room
1855 or later
National Maritime Museum

To The Admirers of the late William Denny... This Print of the S.S. Canadian and Indian (the last effort of his genius... dedicated by William Clark. Print. The Indian is, presumably, the vessel in the background.
Jan 1855
National Maritime Museum

The English & French fleets in the Baltic, 1854. (Plate No.5). The fleets becalmed. Screw ships getting steam up (shows H.M.S. Princess Royal and Blenheim). Hand-coloured.; Title also in French.
1 Jan 1855
National Maritime Museum

The English and French Fleets in the Baltic, 1854. No.5. The Fleets Becalmed. Screw Ships getting steam up. French Fleet preparing to be taken into tow. Flags hand-coloured.; Title also in French.; Plate No.5.
1 Jan 1855
National Maritime Museum

L'Amiral Parceval Deschenes Commandant de l'escadre Francaise de la Baltique. Plate No 103.
10 Jan 1855
National Maritime Museum

Her Majesty's Gun Boat Cracker passing the Kinburn Batteries, October 15th 1855. Print
30 Jan 1856
National Maritime Museum

Hudson Bay Company trading token. Hudson Bay Company trading token. 1/2 Beaver. The obverse displays the Hudson Bay Company arms within oak branches and the motto: 'PRO PELLE CUTEM'. The reverse displays the inscription, 'HB EM 1/2 NB'
1857 or later
National Maritime Museum

Notebook containing preparation drawings of the construction and fitting for 'Persia' (1855).. A 72 page notebook containing drawings and diagrams relating to the construction and fitting for 'Persia' (1855) in preparation for the draw
1857 to 1860
National Maritime Museum

Windsor Castle (1858). No scale. Plan showing the starboard stern elevation illustrating the lifting screw propeller for Windor Castle (1858), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, converted on the stocks to a 116-gun First Rate screw ship.
Dated between 1857 and 1858 when converted
National Maritime Museum

(Cartoon) A Suggestion! The Leviathan (Great Eastern) What to do with her now you've got her off. Print
Jan 1858
National Maritime Museum

Great Eastern (1858); Passenger vessel; Liner. Scale: 1:44. A contemporary full hull model of the `Great Eastern’ (1858) a transatlantic passenger ship. Model is decked, fully rigged and complete with a working steam engine internally. The model has
Circa 1858
National Maritime Museum

Vapor Espanol Madrid de la linea de vapores-correos entre Alicante y Marsella de a Lopez y Ca Alicante. Hand-coloured.
Jan 1858
National Maritime Museum

'Piazza Maggiore, Florian, and Grand Harbour, from our house, Malta, Jany 1858'. No. 26 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Fold-out panoramic drawing, on two joined sheets, the right one stuck down on the album page, which bea
January 1858
National Maritime Museum

Horatia Nelson, 1801-81 (Mrs Horatia Nelson-Ward). Glazed photograph in a rectagular gilt-metal surround set in a rectangular black-lacquered backing board with a brass suspension ring and hanger in the form of an acorn and oak leaves, top centre. It bear
1859 or later
National Maritime Museum

Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, 1859-1935, 1st Earl Jellicoe. A three-quarter-length portrait slightly to the left, wearing an admiral of the fleet's frock coat, 1901-29. He also wears the medal ribbons and the cross of the Order of Merit, with t
1933
National Maritime Museum

. Scale: Unknown. Breech loading gun with side breech loading mechanism. Aperture in rear of gun for loading shell. Gun inscribed "Patents applied in United States, England, France, Russia, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Sweden and Spain. Invented by Nath
c1860
National Maritime Museum

A Coastal View Near Wimereux, Northern France. The location is probably the fishing village of Ambleteuse a mile or two north of Wimereux where the Wyllies had their house. The building on the promontory on the left would therefore be Fort Vauban, built
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

A Priest Beneath a Canopy, with Three Servers. One of a series of studies which Wyllie made at Ambleteuse in 1875 for his painting ‘Blessing the Sea’ which was exhibited at the Royal Academy the following year, and in Paris in 1878. The painti
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

A View Across Poole Harbour Towards the Isle of Purbeck, with Old Harry Rocks. Drawing pin holes at the four corners of the paper show that Wyllie painted this sketch with the paper pinned to a board. Although the distant landscape is detailed and easily
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

A Village on the Coast Seen from the Sea, Northern France. Although the village is not identified it is likely to be on the coast of northern France which Wyllie knew intimately. It is probable that this sketch was made from Wyllie’s yawl 'Lady
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

A Woman Seated in Sand Dunes Overlooking the Sea. The woman, who is probably French, is shown knitting while seated in the dunes almost certainly in the vicinity of Boulogne. The sea is visible beyond and beside her is a large dog, perhaps one of those ow
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Figure Digging in Sand Dunes, Northern France. Oil sketch by William Lionel Wyllie. It depicts a lone figure digging in sand dunes in Northern France. It appears that figure is carrying something on his shoulder. There is vegetation growing on the dunes o
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Figures on a Beach, Probably at Ambleteuse. In this atmospheric sketch Wyllie suggests the beach at dusk with a seated figure in the foreground, and Fort Vauban silhouetted against the evening sky.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Head and shoulders of a fisherman in sou'wester. An oil sketch drawn by William Lionel Wyllie. It depicts the head and shoulders of a fisherman. The shoulders appear unfinished. The man appears to be a fisherman. He is wearing a black sou’weste
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Landscape Studies, Possibly Holland. Wyllie’s yawl, the 'Ladybird' had rectangular portholes, designed to sketch through. This enabled Wyllie to make rapid sketches of the surrounding landscape. In this example two different views are pain
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Landscape Study. This simple but atmospheric sketch may show a house or a barn in the countryside, or a building on the beach. The colour tests around the edge suggest that rather than being rapidly painted Wyllie’s approach was carefully considered
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Musicians and Dancers, Northern France. Although it is not possible to say who these characters are, whether they are local inhabitants or Wyllie family members, the sketch evokes the apparently carefree Bohemian life of Wyllie’s family in his early
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Profile of Lionel Percy Smythe (1839-1918). Smythe was Wyllie's older half-brother and the eldest of three illegitimate children that their mother, Katherine Benham, a singer, had with Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford (though the family always c
probably late 1860s/ early 1870s
National Maritime Museum

Reflection in water. Oil sketch by William Lionel Wyllie. The top of the sketch depicts the bow and hull of a ship and the mast of the ship is reflected in the water, extending downwards to the bottom of the sketch.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1863. Lieutenant's coat, frock
1860s
National Maritime Museum

Six seabirds, three floating and three standing in water. Mounted with PAD0440, PAD0442.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Study for ‘The Goodwins …’, 1874. A study for the picture which Wyllie exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874, the title taken from 'The Merchant of Venice' by Shakespeare – ‘The Goodwins, I think they call the pla
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Study of a figure at the water’s edge carrying a basket or fish. This sketch reflects the fashion for Japanese art current in the 1870s and particularly as adopted by Whistler, whose work Wyllie would have known. The subject, however, is probably a
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Study of rooftops in the snow. This sketch was probably painted from 36 Gloucester Crescent, the house in Camden where Wyllie’s family lived for a period. The ‘stumpy’ barge, whose masts are visible in the foreground, may be moored in Ca
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Study of Sea and Sky with a Distant Sailing Ship. This composition of this sketch is extremely simplified, but it conveys a slightly ominous atmosphere - a green sea beneath a grey sky against which the sails of the ship on the horizon are highlighted.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Study of Sea and Sky, Sailing Ships and a Paddle Steamer. Observed landscape in the oil sketch is here combined with precise depictions of craft types - a merchant brig (shown three times), a steam tug, and a fishing lugger.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Ten seabirds, three in flight seven standing in water. Mounted with PAD0440-PAD0441.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

The Gates to a Garden or Cemetery. The cypress trees seen beyond the gates and wall suggest that this may be a cemetery. Wyllie’s mother, Katherine, died at Wimereux, France in 1872, and it is tempting to surmise that the sketch may depict the cemet
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Three men and a woman rowing a barge, possibly in Holland. Oil sketch by William Lionel Wyllie of three men and a woman rowing a barge. The sky has not been drawn in and there are only a few marks to suggest water.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Three Studies of Herring Gulls and Kittiwakes at the Water’s Edge. Mounted with PAD0441-PAD0442.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Two Fisherwomen Carrying the Catch, Northern France. Wyllie here suggests space, movement and light with a few simple brush strokes.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Two sailing ships at anchor in calm water. An oil sketch drawn by William Lionel Wyllie. It depicts two boats with masts sailing in calm waters. The boat on the left is depicted as being nearest to the shore. There is a smaller rowing boat between them. A
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

Two Studies of Ships and Tugs. These two studies show becalmed sailing ships, possibly Blackwall frigates in the Thames. They are being towed by twin-funnelled paddle tugs.
probably late 1860-70s
National Maritime Museum

'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:192. A plan with accompanying explanatory notes showing the compartments below the watertight deck of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). This drawing was drafted after the ship's launch but prior to
January 1861
National Maritime Museum

'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:24. A plan showing the proposed arrangement of the sternpost for the lifting screw of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plan was dispatched to the Admiralty, and minor alterations were made in penci
January 1861
National Maritime Museum

Entrance to Cartagena harbour with a black hulled, straight stemmed lugger in foreground and lighthouse behind. Colour notes. Cooke made numerous trips throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1860, in company with Robert Bateman, he undertook a journey aro
2 January 1861
National Maritime Museum

The harbour of Cartagena from the seaward with the citadel behind. Cooke made numerous trips throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1860, in company with Robert Bateman, he undertook a journey around Spain towards Tangier. A new, more luminous quality beg
2 January 1861
National Maritime Museum

'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:24. A plan showing the midships half-section of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plan includes an horizontal section [plan view] of the side at the Portsill illustrating the composition of the ship
January 1862
National Maritime Museum

'Warrior' (1860); 'Defence' (1861). Scale 1:48. A comparative plan showing outline midships half-sections of the 'Warrior' and 'Defence' class broadside ironclads 'Warrior' (1860) and 'Defence' (
January 1863
National Maritime Museum

Richard Green of Blackwall, Born 1803. Died 17th Jan 1863. Print entitled 'Richard Green of Blackwall, Born 1803. Died 17th Jan 1863'. Richard Green, shipbuilder and shipowner, was the eldest surviving son of George Green (see BHC2725) and his f
1849
National Maritime Museum

Indiaman in the Thames. Knell was one of the leading and most accomplished marine painters in 19th-century Britain, with paintings in the Royal Collection. This grandly ambitious and dramatic canvas demonstrates why. It shows a battered and storm-damaged
possibly circa 1864
National Maritime Museum