Lot Essay
This scene in the English Channel probably took place just after the outbreak of the First World War
Details
William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931)
Formidable class Battleships of the Fifth Battle Squadron in line ahead in the Channel
signed 'W.L. Wyllie'; watercolour
8½ x 13¼in. (21.6 x 33.6cm.)
Formidable class Battleships of the Fifth Battle Squadron in line ahead in the Channel
signed 'W.L. Wyllie'; watercolour
8½ x 13¼in. (21.6 x 33.6cm.)
Literature
Reproduced in Fred T.Jane's The British Battle Fleet, Vol I, page 117