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'Christmas Day 1916'; yachts leaving Portsmouth Harbour RMG PW1012, William Lionel Wyllie
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'Christmas Day 1916'; yachts leaving Portsmouth Harbour
Signed and inscribed, as title, by the artist, lower right. This view looks directly across the entrance of Portsmouth Harbour to Fort Blockhouse and the Haslar Wall, with sailing boats leaving and heading west into the Solent. It was probably drawn from Tower House, Wyllie's home in old Portsmouth or somewhere else close above the Sallyport, as a record of this peaceful, bright Christmas morning in wartime.
William Lionel Wyllie (1851–1931) also known as W. L. Wyllie was a prolific English painter of maritime themes in both oils and watercolours. He has been described as "the most distinguished marine artist of his day." His work is in the Tate, the Royal Academy, the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, and many other institutions around the world.
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