. English: 'Old Portsmouth: Mine-Sweepers putting to Sea' Signed by the artist in pencil, in the lower left margin. A view out of the harbour mouth, with old Portsmouth on the left, showing an armed trawler and a group of steam launches leaving in the early morning in the period 1910-19, but probably during the First World War, since the print relates to Wyllie's oil paint ing of the same subject, exhibited at the Royal Academy in minesweeping launches shown sailed erly each morning during the war to check the shipping channels off Portsmouth for any German mines surreptitiously laid
. English: 'Old Portsmouth: Mine-Sweepers putting to Sea' Signed by the artist in pencil, in the lower left margin. A view out of the harbour mouth, with old Portsmouth on the left, showing an armed trawler and a group of steam launches leaving in the early morning in the period 1910-19, but probably during the First World War, since the print relates to Wyllie's oil paint ing of the same subject, exhibited at the Royal Academy in minesweeping launches shown sailed erly each morning during the war to check the shipping channels off Portsmouth for any German mines surreptitiously laid in the night by inflitrating surface boats or submarines. Wyllie's home (from 1906) was Tower House, just to the right of the trawler, with a fine view over the entrance and Spithead. This etching was reproduced as a half-tone plate in Wyllie's co-authored book 'More Sea Fights of the Great War' (1919) p. 68, with the title quoted above. . circa 1915. 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 'Old Portsmouth- Mine-Sweepers putting to Sea' RMG PW0732
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