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JOSEPH HONORÉ MAXIM PELLEGRIN, (ITALIAN, 1793-1869) Brig 'Eleanor' of Sunderland, Captain William Cockburn entering the port of Marseille Febry 26, 1846 Watercolour Signed 'J. Pellegrin Marseilles 1846' (lower right) 16 x 22in. (40.5 x 56cm.) £500-800
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J.M. VAN BRAAM (DUTCH, 19TH CENTURY) Gibraltar, circa 1820 Watercolour and gouache Signed on reverse 'J.M. Van Braam' 10¾ x 24½in. (27.5 x 62cm.) £400-600
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CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Studies of Junks Watercolour Each 13 x 14½in. (33 x 37cm.) (2, a pair) £300-500
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THOMAS BUSH HARDY (BRITISH, 1842-1897) Deal and Calais fishing boats off Calais Watercolour heightened with bodycolour Signed and dated 'T.B. Hardy 1896' (lower right) 11¼ x 24¾in. (28.5 x 63cm.) £300-500
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ALFRED HERBERT (BRITISH, 1810-1861) Pulling in the nets Watercolour heightened with bodycolour Signed 'A. Herbert' (lower right) and numbered '314' (lower left) 12 x 30in. (30.5 x 76cm.) £250-350
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δ GEORGE AYLING (ENGLISH, 1887-1960) The mouth of the Thames at dusk Watercolour Signed 'Geo. Ayling' (lower right) 15 x 21½in. (38 x 55cm.) £200-400
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δ ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978) 'Flying Cloud' 1851; 'Vermont' U.S. clipper bark; 'Sea Witch'; 'Surprise'; 'Flying Eagle' Watercolour All signed and dated 'E. Tufnell 1975' and inscribed with titles (lower left) Largest 14¼ x 20½in. (36 x 52cm.) (5) £400-600
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FRANZ JOHANN WILHELM HÜNTEN (GERMAN, 1822-1887) Dutch coastal scenes, a set of three Watercolour All signed 'F. Hünten' (lower right) Largest 8 x 10¼in. (20 x 26cm.) (3) £300-500
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WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931) Loch Fyne Watercolour, in original giltwood frame, J.B. Bennett & Sons Glasgow label to reverse Signed 'W.L. Wyllie' (lower left) 6 x 12½in. (15 x 32cm.) £600-800
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FOLLOWER OF THOMAS HART (BRITISH, 1830-1916) Shipping off Whitby Abbey Watercolour with scratching out Bears a signature 16 x 22¼in. (40.5 x 57cm.) £250-350
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δ NORMAN WILKINSON (BRITISH, 1878-1971) R.M.S. 'Mauretania' Rafted Up To A Transport, Off The Coast Of Gallipoli, 1915 Watercolour Signed 'Norman Wilkinson' (lower left) 21 x 14in. (53.5 x 35.5cm.) £2,000-3,000 Mauretania was used as a troop ship during WWI. Norman Wilkinson was located at the Dardenelles for the duration of the campaign. It is thought this is one of a set of watercolours considered for his book The Dardenelles, Colour Sketches in Gallipoli 1916.
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WILLIAM EDWARD WEBB (ENGLISH, 1862-1903) Liverpool: An Inman liner (probably the S.S. 'City of Chicago') with Dock Board building to the left Oil on canvas Signed 'W. Webb' (lower left) 15½ x 23½in. (39.5 x 59.5cm.) £1,500-2,500 Provenance: With the Hampshire Gallery, 1990 Inman Line ships, distinguished by a single white stripe on a black funnel, had distinctive rigs and funnel arrangements. The later ships often had three close funnels supplemented by two or three masts of various rig. The vessel depicted here is notable for having a pair of funnels and four masts of which the City of Chicago (launched 1883 - wrecked 1892) seems to be the only candidate.
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δ FRANK HENRY MASON (BRITISH, 1875-1965) Willem Barentsz probably anchored off Spitzbergen Island in 1596 Oil on canvas Signed 'Frank H. Mason' (lower right) with possible printing instructions inscribed verso 19¾ x 25½in. (50 x 65cm.) £800-1,200
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FOLLOWER OF WILLIAM VAN DE VELDE (DUTCH, 17TH CENTURY) Study of a warship Pencil and grey wash on conjoined sheets Bears indistinct signature 19 x 14in. (48.5 x 35.5cm.); together with a copper engraving of Fort William at Bengall, after Lambert & Scott, engraved by Van der Gucht (laid down to card, old tears, browned overall) - Pl. 17½ x 24in. (44.5 x 61cm.) (2) £200-400
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ATTRIBUTED TO PETER MONAMY (BRITISH, 1681-1749) An Admiralty yacht saluting the departure of a visiting captain, with warships becalmed beyond Oil on canvas, in carved giltwood frame 23¼ x 28¾in. (59 x 73cm.) £1,500-2,000
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PETER MONAMY (BRITISH, 1681-1749) A ship on fire at night Oil on canvas Signed 'P. Monamy Pinx' (lower left) 24 x 29.5in. (61 x 75cm.) £500-800
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PETER MONAMY (BRITISH, 1681-1749) An Admiralty yacht escorting a Vice Admiral of the Red off a coast Oil on canvas Signed 'P. Monamy' (lower left) 28½ x 45¼in. (72 x 115cm.) £4,000-6,000
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THOMAS LUNY (ENGLISH, 1759-1837) 74-gun ship in company with a Truro fishing smack off the Longships Lighthouse and Land's End, Cornwall Oil on canvas Signed and dated 'Luny 17**' (lower left on barrel) 15½ x 20in. (39 x 51cm.) £1,500-2,500
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JOHN THOMAS SERRES (ENGLISH, 1759-1825) The Entrance to Plymouth Sound: a Vice Admiral of the Red drying his sails with his squadron laid up in ordinary, flanked by Mount Edgcumbe House and Saltram House with Devil's Point Fort Oil on cradle panel, in carved gilt frame Signed 'J.T.Serres' on stern of boat (lower mid-left) and dated '1808' on rock (lower centre) 29½ x 49in. (75 x 124.5cm.) £10,000-15,000 Provenance: With Leggatt Brothers, London, 1963
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ATTRIBUTED OF NICHOLAS POCOCK (ENGLISH, 1740-1821) Glorious First of June, H.M.S. 'Queen Charlotte' forcing the French line Watercolour over pencil Inscribed with title 14 x 20½in. (35.5 x 52cm.) £500-800
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JOHN DOWNMAN (WELSH, 1750-1824) Mrs King and daughter Chalk, watercolour and gouache, within substantial cast gilt brass frame with label for J. Ledger & Son, Bond Street, 1946 to reverse Signed Jo. Downman (in sea, left of shoulder) 11¾ x 9¾in. (30 x 25cm.) The sitter was the wife of Capt. King R.N. and daughter of Admiral Sir John Duckworth. Studies for each subject are contained within the British Museum. £600-800
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A PARIANWARE BUST OF LORD NELSON BY JOSEPH PITTS, LONDON 1853 after the model by John Flaxman, the reverse impressed with maker's marks and inscription - 9½in. (24cm.) high; together with a drawing of a Napoleonic two-decker (possibly Ajax) running out studding sails signed 'R.H. Dean' (lower right) - 9 x 7in. (23 x 18cm.) (2) £300-400
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, MID-19TH CENTURY Studies of H.M.S. 'Spartiate' Wash over pen and ink, laid down Inscribed 'Spartiate 74' and 'E. Lent' 10 x 19in. (25.5 x 48cm.) £300-500 Spartiate was the last ship in Nelson's weather column at Trafalgar where she successfully fought the Neptuno amongst others. Passing in and out of commission thereafter, she was retired as a sheer hulk in 1842 and was broken fifteen years later. It's not clear when or why these sketches were made, but they show interesting contemporary perspectives of an historic ship. The union flag flown by her at Trafalgar was sold in these rooms on 21 October 2009, lot 53.
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1780 The Rev. Dr Lawrence Halloran, D.D., Chaplain on the 'Britannia' at Trafalgar Oil on canvas 15 x 12in. (38 x 30.5cm.) £500-800
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HILLEBRAND DIRK LOEFF (DUTCH, 1774-1845) Portrait of a Dutch Naval Officer, circa 1840 Oil on canvas Signed 'Loeff Fecit' (mid-lower left, by epaulet) 24 x 19½in. (61 x 49.5cm.) £300-500
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SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS: A RARE PLATE FROM HIS PRIVATE SERVICE COMMEMORATING THE DISCOVERY OF MAGNETIC NORTH, 1ST JUNE, 1831 the rim with cartouche incorporating the family 'fox's head erased' crest next to a dip circle and Union flag inscribed in gilt 1st June 1831, arsenic green field with gilt pie crust border, the reverse with maker's green transfer for Copeland & Garrett late Spode - 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam £1,000-1,500
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SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS: A RARE PLATE FROM HIS PRIVATE SERVICE COMMEMORATING THE DISCOVERY OF MAGNETIC NORTH, 1ST JUNE, 1831 the rim with cartouche incorporating the family 'fox's head erased' crest next to a dip circle and union flag inscribed in gilt 1st June 1831, arsenic green field with gilt pie crust border, the reverse with maker's green transfer for Copeland & Garrett late Spode - 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diameter £1,000-1,500
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A MANUSCRIPT AND WATERCOLOUR POCKET BOOK OF NAVAL SIGNALS, CIRCA 1800 completed in a clear copperplate hand and comprising twenty pages of numbered signals described with watercolour pennants including 173 numeric 'significations' decoded, 22 'pendant' signals, distress signals, signals made 'with sail and guns', 17 signals for 'Calling Officers to take Orders', Fire Ship signals (five of nine completed); 19 'Fog signals'; 'Signals made by Private Ships and used by the Admiral occasionally comprising approximately seventy signals over five sides; and six 'Signals made with Jacks, Pendants, and Whefts', the end pages with some loose silk colour samples, some blank panels with flags and pendants, bound between marbled card with securing flap (some pages loose, several ?personal note pages at rear cut out, some foxing, staining, old wear) - 6 x 4in. (15 x 10cm.) £600-800
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FISHER'S DISPLAY OF THE NAVAL FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS, 1838 Fisher & Jackson (publisher), London, hand-coloured frontispiece and 15 hand-coloured plates displaying 224 flags (plate 8 in facsimile), with index, modern half-calf and marbled boards Despite being one of the earliest inexpensive flag guides available to the public, copies of this title are surprisingly scarce. £100-150
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AN 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK after the portrait by Nathaniel Dance engraved by J.K. Sherwin and contained within original Hogarth frame, including frame - 15¼ x 13¼in. (39 x 33.5cm.) £250-350
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ROBERT TAYLOR PRITCHETT (BRITISH, 1828-1907) The Funeral of Capt. Campbell R.N. of H.M. Yacht 'Victoria & Albert II', 1877 Watercolour Signed 'R.T. Pritchett' (lower left) and inscribed 'Feb 19 1877 -- Hampton' (lower right), label verso with title, date & signature 4¾ x 6½in. (12 x 16.5cm.) £100-150 Captain Hugh Campbell was appointed Captain of the Royal Yacht on 1st January, 1877 but died at Hampton of typhoid fever on the 12th February
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A PAIR OF ELECTRIC GIMBAL LIGHTS FROM THE H.M. ROYAL YACHT ALBERTA, CIRCA 1900 constructed in brass, the gimballed weights drilled for electrical cord and with period inscription FROM H.M. ROYAL YACHT 'ALBERTA' 1863-1913, now with modern bayonet bulb attachments - 13in. (33cm.) high £500-800
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A VICTORIAN NAVAL OFFICER'S DIRK BY GIEVE & SON, PORTSMOUTH the 18in. blued blade with gilt etching and 'VR' cypher, signed by handle as per title, regulation acorn pattern hilt with shagreen grip, contained within scabbard of issue - 24in. (61cm.) long overall £250-350
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A ROYAL NAVAL BICORN HAT OF CIVIL RANK, CIRCA 1890 of regulation pattern constructed in beaver felt with bullion tassels and gold braid over the cockade, contained in shaped tôleware case of issue; together with a pair of regulation naval bullion loop epaulets for a chief carpenter contained within tin case of issue with maker's plate for Matthews & Co., Portsea; and a Kaisermarine type dirk with associated scabbard (3) £150-250 Provenance: Lt Cmdr P.J. Patterson (1886-1965)
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A RARE SET OF STANDARD MEASURES FOR THE ADMIRALTY VICTUALLING BOARD, BY RD. VANDOME & CO., LONDON, 1826 heavily cast in brass for measures comprising Imperial gallon; half gallon, quart, pint, half pint, gill and half gill; the gallon inscribed with maker's name as per title and complete with side handles, each inscribed with Victualling Board's crossed anchor mark, rim punches for George IV and dated 1826 - gallon 6½ x 8in. (16.5 x 20cm.) excluding handle (7) £2,500-3,500
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A SET OF GEORGE VI COPPER GROG MEASURES of typical form with zinc lining and stamped for size comprising gallon, half gallon, quart, pint; half pint; 1½ gill; gill and half gill; each stamped with rim marks for GR6 - gallon 6½in. (16.5cm.) high excluding handle (8) £500-800
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A ROYAL NAVY RUM PUMP, PROBABLY GEORGE VI constructed in copper with zinc lining and wooden handled pump with perforated brass foot - 41in. (104cm.) high £150-250
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A ROYAL NAVY GROG CASK, SECOND-HALF 20TH CENTURY coopered oak with brass binding and lettering inscribed THE QUEEN GOD BLESS HER with slated lid with brass acorn knob handle - 20in. (51cm.) high £600-800
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A ROYAL NAVY GROG CASK PATTERN ICE BUCKET, SECOND-HALF 20TH CENTURY modelled in oak after the traditional form with brass binding and lettering inscribed THE QUEEN GOD BLESS HER with internal liner for ice and loose wooden lid with acorn finial - 14in. (35.5cm.) high £300-500
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A PATTERN 20 BOAT COMPASS BY E. DENT & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1908 the 4in. compass card mounted within liquid filled ebonised brass bowl with maker's marks signed as per title and numbered 44083, gimbal-mounted within typical temple topped wood and brass case with candle lamp with bevelled glass viewing port and carry handle, shade slide, hinged door to locking arm, complete with pasted instructions counted numbered and indistinct manuscript date probably 25th July 08 - 14in. x 12in. (36 x 30.5cm.) £1,800-2,500
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A COPPER AND BRASS BOAT BINNACLE COMPASS BY DENT, CIRCA 1840 the 2½in. card with jewel pivot mounted within liquid filled bowl, the rim inscribed in copperplate DENT'S Patent Liquid Compass No. 1452, 61 Strand London, gimbal-mounted within copper housing with gimbal securing switch to front, bevelled glass to port, folding carry handle and hinged lighting compartment containing burner with lower drawer with spare wicks and reflector, the back with hanging bracket - 8½ x 6½in. (21.5 x 16.5cm.) £500-800
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AN ADMIRALTY PATTERN CAST BRASS TILLER YOKE, CIRCA 1900 comprising two opposing dolphins with sheaths in their tails £150-250
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AN ANEROID BAROMETER BY A. REDIER, PARIS, FOR THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY CIRCA 1890 signed on the 4in. silvered dial as per title with blued steel indicator, mounted in a brass base, the back engraved with Russian Naval Cyrillic marks for Kronstadt, and numbered 79 and 29 respectively - 6in. (15cm.) diameter overall £400-600
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A RARE WORKING ELECTRIC MODEL OF A WHITEHEAD TORPEDO, PRESENTED TO AN OFFICER IN THE THAI NAVY, 6TH FEBRUARY, 1914 constructed in nickel brass with central cigarette compartment with internal touch plates briefly operating contra-rotating impulse and guidance propellers, mounted on tapered wooden base with dual-language presentation inscription plate and inset battery compartment under - 5½ x 23½in. (14 x 60cm.) £2,000-3,000
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A GOOD 'FAITHFUL FREDDIE' TYPE SUBMARINE COMPASS, CIRCA 1910 the 3in. card signed and inscribed Dobby McInnes Ltd, Capt. Chetwynd's Patent, No. 25965/06, Glasgow & London, contained in a liquid filled bowl with counterweights brass azimuth circle numbered 7573, gimbal - mounted with wood and brass binnacle stand with correction spheres, electric light contact and sliding panel to lower magnet chamber with lugs for deck securing and double hinged brass cowl with handle and viewing ports - 18in. (46cm.) high x 16½in. (42cm.) wide £1,000-1,500
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A COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY WATERCOLOUR SUBMARINE PROFILES mounted in four pairs inscribed to the reverses Netherlands Walrus; Japan Uzushio; Russian Kilo Class; UK Type 2400 Upholder Class; China Romeo Class; Peru German Type 209; UK Oberon Class; Russia Tango - framed size 14½ x 17½in. (37 x 44.5cm.); together with four profiles of unidentified cruisers, probably by the same hand, mounted in pairs, framed and glazed (6) £250-350
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ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BERTRAM PELLY'S WHITE NAVAL ENSIGN, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FLOWN ABOARD H.M.S. TIGER DURING THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, 31ST MAY-1ST JUNE, 1916 constructed in stitched woollen bunting with canvas sleeve stencilled with maker's marks for Kirk, Hall & Co., Kidacre Street, Leeds, 1915 and 4 BDS Ensign White, pierced with brass suspension studs and brass hook attachments - 51 x 34in. (130 x 87cm.); together with cap tallies from H.M.Ships Tiger, Bryony and Invincible £500-800 Admiral Sir Henry Bertram Pelly (1867-1942) commanded H.M.S. Tiger at her commissioning actions at Dogger Bank (24th January, 1915) and Jutland (31st May-1st June 1916). Neither were terribly satisfactory for Tiger, Beatty's confused signalling at Dogger Bank allowed German ships to escape whilst making Pelly the scape goat; and at Jutland her gunnery was poor - of 303 13½in. shells fired, only three found their mark, whilst she was hit seventeen times with the loss of twenty-four killed and forty six wounded. Never-the-less, Pelly was awarded a CB for his conduct in the action. He was given shore-based posts thereafter and so it seems highly likely this flag was his souvenir from the biggest fleet action of modern times.
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A BELL THOUGHT TO BE FROM ARMED NAVAL TRAWLER NO. 40, CIRCA 1915 of typical form and cast in bell metal with single suspension lug and iron staple within, moulded rim, inscribed to front with black filled lettering ANT No. 40 (lacking clapper) - 9½in. (24cm.) high £250-350
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING BRASS PLATE COMMEMORATING THE ATLANTIC SPEED RECORD OF H.M.S. INDOMITABLE, JULY-AUG 1908 WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES ABOARD inscribed with relevant details, list of engineering officers and officers decorated by the king, flanking an engraved ship's crest - 10 x 12in. (25.5 x 30.5cm.) £150-250 An 'Invincible' Class battlecruiser, Indomitable was part of Admiral 'Jacky' Fisher's grand plan to evolve ever-faster lightly-armoured ships to out-gun an enemy with equivalent or superior fire power whilst remaining out of their range. It was a fatally flawed strategy as was repeatedly proven, but before the trials of War exposed their Achilles heels, they were considered to be amongst the most attractive and swift ships of their scale ever built. Indomitable was designed for a service speed of 25kts, but achieved 26.1 on trials. Fitted with two paired sets of Parsons direct drive turbines powered by 31 Babcock & Wilson boilers, she achieved an extraordinary 48,000bhp for three days in a row, averaging 25.3 kts. during a passage of the North Atlantic, an achievement marked for posterity by this lot
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δ FRANK WATSON WOOD (ENGLISH, 1862-1953) The Great Surrender Scapa Flow, December 1918 Watercolour heightened with bodycolour Signed 'Frank Wood 1919' (lower right) 19¾ x 39½ (50 x 100cm.); together with a watercolour key by the artist showing the disposition of the High Seas Fleet, 4 x 11½in. (10x 29cm.); and cartouche describing the scene, each framed and glazed (3) £5,000-8,000
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