Trinity House Yacht 'Irene'
Medium includes graphite. The yacht is flying the jack of Trinity House jack from the jack-staff, its flag at the mainmast and its ensign from the the stern. 'Irene' had led Queen Victoria’s squadron at the 1897 Diamond Jubilee review of the fleet at Spithead: the vessel was sunk by a mine in the Thames estuary during the First World War.
Object Details
| ID: | PAE2159 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyllie, William Lionel |
| Vessels: | Irene [Trinity House] |
| Date made: | Late 19th century |
| Exhibition: | Guiding Lights |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | 325 mm x 455 mm |