A fleet at sea (?Jutland)

Inscribed lower left by the artist 'No 1' and previously thought to be a rough study of the Battle of Jutland, although there is no obvious evidence to suggest this is the case or that it is any other action. It shows a very wide area, with ships all seen moving in the same direction in port-quarter view, but without enough detail to say more than that they are apparently all naval and of various sizes.

Object Details

ID: PAE3302
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Events: World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916; World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: circa 1914-18
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 113 mm x 185 mm