The R.D.Y.C.'s yawl Ventura in a heavy swell

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A. de Simone (fl.1860-1900)
The R.D.Y.C.'s yawl Ventura in a heavy swell
signed and dated 'De Simone 1904' (lower right) and inscribed 'R.D.Y.C. Ventura' (lower left)
bodycolour
14½ x 18½ in. (37 x 47 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Designed by J. Beavor Webb of New York and built by Westacotts at Barnstaple in 1885, the wooden yawl Ventura was registered at 98 tons gross (67½ net) and measured 88 feet in length with a 16 foot beam. Surviving numerous changes of ownership, she was owned by first Major C.E. Little and then Mr. Walter Smith in the decade after 1900.

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