‘Victoria and Albert a lovely vessel’ Watercolor Royal yacht by Harold Wyllie

A rare painting by Harold Wyllie of 1930 America’s Cup racing off Newport, Rhode Island, oil on canvas, signed ‘Harold Wyllie’, in a moulded giltwood fra...

Watercolor by William Birchall depicting a world war one naval warship on convoy with destroyers on station on the ships port hand side. Entitled The Everr Ready. Dated 1914 Ov...

A pair of watercolours by (Albert) Gordon Thomas R.S.W ( 1893-1970), one titled ‘Summer Afternoon Weymouth’showing a gentleman’s motor yacht in the foreground and the other ‘Yachts a...

Montague Dawson: Racing Six-Metre yachts, goache on paper showing a yacht number 6/18, running before the wind with ‘goosewinged’ sails as she leads three other six-meter yachts. Sig...

These charming English School portraits show the subjects half-length by a desk, the surgeon with a skull at his elbow and his wife with an open writing box. Oil on canvas within a gilded frame and accompanied by five related letters. English, circa 1810. Footnote: Robert Prideaux died aged 36 in 1818 but in his short life he managed to rise rapidly through the ranks as a naval surgeon. The Naval Chronicle Vol. 19 (1808) records his appointment as a surgeon, aged only 26, on the cutter Sprightly and that he moved to the Lily by the end of the same year. In 1809, a member of the crew of the vessel Polyphemus was involved in a drunken incident that culminated in him being sick on the quarter-deck of the Lily whilst both vessels were docked at Port Royal in Jamaica. This led to a Court Martial appearance for one Joseph Fountain, the Master at Arms...

This large triangular racing burgee is made from pieced wool bunting with machine stitching with three vertical red, white and red stripes. The white stripe showing a blue shield with a white star and crescent moon motif below a royal crown. The leading edge is inscribed in black ink ‘R. Portsmouth Corin n/t’. It is accompanied by a copy of a black edged letter on Buckingham Palace writing paper dated 10th July 1936 saying ‘Dear Sir, I am commanded by the King and Queen Mary to send you these flags which were flown on board “Britannia” at various times during her career, including one of her racing flags. Their Majesties hope you will like to keep these in your club house as souvenirs of the old yacht. Yours Derek Keppell, Master of the Household, The Commodore, Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club.” It is offered with a Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club printed silk racing programme for the Sixth Regatta in Osborne Bay, 1883, with a gold fringe and a button attached with a red seal to a tag stating ‘Seabed Pattern Button Corinthian Yacht Club, jacket and vest, 1880’, in an envelope ‘On H.M. Service’ addressed to ‘General His Serene Highness, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club, Government House...

This stylish, large scale watercolor on paper artwork is by the American artist Harold Edward Larsen (b.1935) and was acquired from a Palm Beach e...

In 1845 British Officer Sir John Franklin and crew disappeared on an arctic exploration. Captain Francis Leopald McClintock was commissioned to explore that disappearance on the yach...

Watercolor on paper of a majestic view of the mountains signed Harold Broadfield Warren. He is a well listed landscape artist who lived from 1859 to 1934. He was born in Manchester, ...

Framed watercolor on paper of a racing yacht under full sail by Sandor Bernathy. The work has been de-acidified and framed with archival mat under UV filtering glass. American, circ...

Albert Ferenz (1907-1994), Germany. Watercolour on paper. "Russia". Mid-20th century. Visible dimension: 60 x 48 cm. Total dimensions: 82 x 70 cm. T...

Albert Ferenz (1907-1994), Germany. Watercolor on paper. "In the mountains". Mid-20th century. Visible dimension: 45.5 x 33.5 cm. Total dimensions: 69 ...