Barges and Sea

A watercolour of spritsail barges and a steam vessel in choppy water at the mouth of the Thames Estuary, where the river meets the North Sea, by the marine artist William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931). It is signed ‘W L Wyllie’, lower right.

Object Details

ID: PAF0850
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Date made: circa 1885
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 164 x 355 mm