. English: 'The Screen' Inscribed 'The Screen' and signed by the artist, lower right. It is also faintly inscribed with a previous note 'the Screen' lower left. This drawing was reproduced in Wyllie and Wren's 'Sea Fights of the Great War' (1918) f. p. 34. The vessel seen closest here, bow-on, is an early 'Flower'-class 'Fleet Sweeping Sloop' as they were officially called ( a minesweeper), of the twin-funnelled type: 72 of them were built in 1915-16. The tripod and foretop visible on the left belong to a battleship. The other vessels are not identifiable. This type of specifically t
. English: 'The Screen' Inscribed 'The Screen' and signed by the artist, lower right. It is also faintly inscribed with a previous note 'the Screen' lower left. This drawing was reproduced in Wyllie and Wren's 'Sea Fights of the Great War' (1918) f. p. 34. The vessel seen closest here, bow-on, is an early 'Flower'-class 'Fleet Sweeping Sloop' as they were officially called ( a minesweeper), of the twin-funnelled type: 72 of them were built in 1915-16. The tripod and foretop visible on the left belong to a battleship. The other vessels are not identifiable. This type of specifically titled drawing may have been intended for reproduction to celebrate the essential smaller ships of the fleet, whose work protected the larger ones adn the fact that it has been inscribed twise - once provisionally and later more firmly, and signed, suggests tyat Wyllie finally found a use for it in his 1918 book, though he may well have done it earlier and more speculatively. . 1915-18. 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 11 'The Screen' RMG PV3129
Size: 1982px × 2522px
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