. English: 'Odd scraps built into a ship': a 'Lord Clive'-class monitor Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower right, this drawing was reproduced in colour in Wyllie and Wren's 'Sea Fights of the Great War (1918) f. p. 136, though there is only a passing reference on that page to monitors in general as bombardment vessels of limited sea-going capacity. The subject here is a 'Lord Clive'-class monitor, probably one of the five of the class that were modified at Portsmouth in 1916, which is likely to be the quayside location shown. The bridge was altered and 6-inch guns were
. English: 'Odd scraps built into a ship': a 'Lord Clive'-class monitor Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower right, this drawing was reproduced in colour in Wyllie and Wren's 'Sea Fights of the Great War (1918) f. p. 136, though there is only a passing reference on that page to monitors in general as bombardment vessels of limited sea-going capacity. The subject here is a 'Lord Clive'-class monitor, probably one of the five of the class that were modified at Portsmouth in 1916, which is likely to be the quayside location shown. The bridge was altered and 6-inch guns were added on the upper deck. The five ships involved were the 'General Wolfe', 'Prince Eugene', 'General Crauford', 'Prince Rupert' and 'Sir Thomas Picton'. Wyllie's sardonic title suggests he did not have a high technical opinion of monitors, although he drew enough of them to suggest they had aesthetic appeal as this attractively sunny study - and his publication of it - both indicate. . circa 1916. William Lionel Wyllie (1851–1931) Alternative names W. L. Wyllie Description British painter Date of birth/death 5 July 1851 6 April 1931 Location of birth/death London London Authority control : Q2579750 VIAF:?30430865 ISNI:?0000 0001 1050 1763 ULAN:?500007278 LCCN:?n84116203 NLA:?36532068 WorldCat 5 'Odd scraps built into a ship'- a 'Lord Clive'-class monitor RMG PW1846
Size: 2000px × 2498px
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