The reverse with partial label and in the artist's hand.
'....of the brillant chivalry of Spain, the choicest.....of the illustrious families in Europe. '....that they were the soldiers of the Almighty Pope and Bishop.... ...mended them to the charge of the angels and the saints....of the names of the Apostles had been shattered by....cannon. The elements which were deemed Gods.... As if to disenchant Christendom, were disencharmed possible.... fond an illusion - whirled them on shore which the waves....hundred million years had made the most dangerous....the world'
Oswald W. Brierly, Marine Painter to the Queen, 38 Ampthill Square, London NW