£900
ARTHUR WELLINGTON FOWLES (CIRCA 1815-1883)
‘Esmeralda’ R.V.Y.C in Alderney Roads, off Cap de la Hague
Signed 'A.W.Fowles (lower right) and indistinctly dated 1861
Oil on canvas
11½ x 17½in. (29 x 44.5cm.)
Esmeralda was a 129-ton schooner-rigged yacht of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Built for the club's first Commodore, Thomas Willis Fleming who fired a Royal Salute from Esmeralda to welcome the club's joint patrons, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who attended the first meeting in their steam tender Fairy.
Relined and cleaned with scattered retouching.
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