Three studies of fighting vessels firing guns, possibly including HMS 'Devastation' and 'Thunderer' RMG PV0041

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Three studies of fighting vessels firing guns, possibly including HMS 'Devastation' and 'Thunderer' RMG PV0041

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Three studies of fighting vessels firing guns, possibly including HMS 'Devastation' and 'Thunderer'
The top two sketches are probably intended to depict the turret ships 'Devastation' (1871) and 'Thunderer(1872) during exercises in the 1880s. The bottom sketch is clearly a similar subject but not identifiable.

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hms devastation ship 1873

hms thunderer ship 1877

prints drawings and watercolours of the royal museums greenwich

william lionel wyllie

royal museums greenwich

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1800

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hms devastation ship 1873

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prints drawings and watercolours of the royal museums greenwich

william lionel wyllie

royal museums greenwich