Study of the figurehead of HMS 'Victory'

A loose watercolour and pencil study, with notes on measurements, probably made while 'Victory' was under restoration in her permanent dry-dock at Portsmouth in the early 1920s, having been moved there in December 1921. (The red of the stemhead below the carving, for example, is undercoat not the final paint layer). The inscription '173 / cat head', lower right, is in Wyllie's hand but about something else. Two slight sketches of sailing boats are upside down at the top of the sheet.

Object Details

ID: PAE3262
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Date made: Early 1920s
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 354 mm x 253 mm