William Frederick Mitchell (1845-1914) A steam and sail ship at sea

William Frederick Mitchell (1845-1914)

A steam and sail ship at sea, possibly H.M.S. Minotaur

Signed, dated 1875 and numbered 842

Watercolour heightened with scratching out

14.5 x 22 cm; 5.75 x 8.5 in

Provenance:

W. R. Deighton, London

Bonhams, 15h August 1991, Lot 379

Collection of a Retired Master Mariner

Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 5th June 2013, Lot 271

From the collection of Sir Jeremy Lever KCMG, QC, MA, FRSA

HMS Minotaur (1863), ordered as Elephant but renamed Minotaur before being launched in 1863, was the lead ship of the Minotaur class of ironclad battleships. She was renamed Boscawen II in 1904, Ganges in 1906 and Ganges II in 1908, and broken up in 1922.