'1st Battle squadron in North Sea' RMG PW2216, William Lionel Wyllie

'1st Battle squadron in North Sea'
Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. This is 1st Battle Squadron of R-class and 'Iron Duke'-class battleships in the North Sea in 1917. It is essentially a study of the distant appearance of these massive symbols of naval power on a well-rendered and moderately lively summer sea, which in no way affects their apparently monumental stability. The individual ships cannot be identified.