Lot 796: W. Mackenzie Thomson (fl.c.1870) Ship Portraits:

W. Mackenzie Thomson (fl.c.1870) Ship Portraits: "Penelope 1884-1885", "Constance 1885-1889", "The Minotaur 1871-1872", "Calypso 1889-1992" and "Narcissus 1893-1894"; Ship Portraits: "Donegal 1903", "Endymion 1894-1896", "Nymphe", "Highflyer 1899-1902" and "Magnificent 1895-1898" Inscribed with the artist's name and the titles of the vessels, also extensively inscribed on various exhibition labels verso, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, with scratching out, and shaped corners, 10cm by 20cm and 9.5cm by 14.5cm and various sizes (2 frames - 5 within each) Provenance: J Morton Lee, Cedar House, Bacon Lane, Hayling Island, Hampshire and The Richmond Gallery, 8 Cork Street, London