Lot Essay
R.W. Smith was an eyewitness to the event as a wireless operator on an Orient liner present at the start of the engagement.
An engagement between the Carmania and Cap Trafalgar in which the latter was sunk
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R.W. Smith (c.1918)
An engagement between the Carmania and Cap Trafalgar in which the latter was sunk
signed 'R.W. Smith' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour
8¾ x 11¼in. (22.2 x 28.5cm.)
and a coloured lithograph of the British Queen steamship after Samuel Walters (2)
An engagement between the Carmania and Cap Trafalgar in which the latter was sunk
signed 'R.W. Smith' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour
8¾ x 11¼in. (22.2 x 28.5cm.)
and a coloured lithograph of the British Queen steamship after Samuel Walters (2)
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