Sir John Bayley's cutter yacht Nymph flying the ensign of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Scottish waters

Nymph was a cruising cutter of 31 feet originally owned by Sir Arthur Paget, one of the founding fathers of the Royal Yacht Squadron, between 1830 and 1833. Selling her to Sir John Bayley, Bt., in 1834, her second owner kept her until 1850 when he replaced her with a larger cutter of the same name.

Bayley, born in 1793, was a distinguished barrister who succeeded to the baronetcy in 1841, and served as the Clerk of the Assize to the Northern Circuit from 1836 until his death in 1871.

Born in Edinburgh in 1778 of Hungarian extraction, John Christian Schetky was Marine Painter to three Monarchs - George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria - and also to the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes.