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C1875
H.M.S.Captain
Artist:
Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton (1820 - 1891)
HMS Captain was a masted turret ship, designed and built by a private contractor against the wishes of the Controller’s department. The Captain was completed in April 1870 and capsized in September 1870 with the loss of nearly 500 lives … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
H.M.S.Captain
Date:
C1875
Artist:
Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton (1820 - 1891)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
182mm
x 125mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1875
Description:
HMS Captain was a masted turret ship, designed and built by a private contractor against the wishes of the Controller’s department. The Captain was completed in April 1870 and capsized in September 1870 with the loss of nearly 500 lives because of design and construction errors that led to inadequate stability
Biography:
Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton (1820-1891)
Born in 1820 in London, Middlesex, England and named after his ironmonger father. Married Martha Foster on 27 Apr 1843, at St John, Hackney, Middlesex.
He was one of the most famous C19th maritime artists of ship portraits. A noted watercolorist, and painter in oils his works are numerous institutional collections.
