Neapolitan School 1897

Neapolitan School 1897

HMS Polyphemus

Indistinctly signed and dated De*li*** 97 (lower right)

Gouache

27.1 x 49.6cm; 10¾ x 19½in

HMS Polyphemus was thought to be the inspiration for HMS Thunder Child in H.G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds (London, 1897).