Racing, Thames

This watercolour shows what appears to be a racing gaff cutter healing to starboard on a port tack. The two steam vessels to the right are possibly spectator vessels.

William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) was born into an artistic family. He is well-known as a great maritime artist, and the Thames was a popular subject for him. Wyllie spent many years as a young man living on a barge that he converted into a floating art studio and home.

Object Details

ID: PAE0305
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 19th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 67 mm x 220 mm