Study of Sea and Sky, Sailing Ships and a Paddle Steamer

Observed landscape in the oil sketch is here combined with precise depictions of craft types - a merchant brig (shown three times), a steam tug, and a fishing lugger.

Object Details

ID: PAD0444
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Date made: Probably late 1860-70s
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 354 mm x 252 mm