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    • Captain Cowper Phipps Coles (British, 1819-1870) - The Odivelas Memorial, Lisbon - watercolour
      Mar. 07, 2013

      Captain Cowper Phipps Coles (British, 1819-1870) - The Odivelas Memorial, Lisbon - watercolour

      Est: £200 - £300

      Captain Cowper Phipps Coles (British, 1819-1870) Figures standing by the Odivelas Memorial, near Lisbon, Portugal inscribed lower right "C P Coles" watercolour h:13 w: 19 cm Other Notes: Captain Cowper Coles was an English naval captain, artist and inventor. He distinguished himself at the Siege of Sebastopol in the Crimean War, and in 1859 patented a design for a ship's revolving turret gun. He died on board HMS Captain, an experimental warship built to his design, whcih capsized and sank during a heavy gale in August, 1870.

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