Lot Essay
The Downs was an important Fleet anchorage in the days of the sailing Navy and lay off the East Kent coast, between Dover and Ramsgate.
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William Callcott Knell (fl.1848-1871)
All in the Downs the Fleet was Moored
signed and dated 'W.C. Knell/1876' and signed, inscribed and dated 'All in the Downs the Fleet was Moored/W.C. Knell/1876' on the reverse; oil on canvas
12 x 24in. (30.4 x 60.9cm.)
All in the Downs the Fleet was Moored
signed and dated 'W.C. Knell/1876' and signed, inscribed and dated 'All in the Downs the Fleet was Moored/W.C. Knell/1876' on the reverse; oil on canvas
12 x 24in. (30.4 x 60.9cm.)