A Collier Loading Ballast on the Thames River

Catalog no. 0000941

MediumOil on Canvas
Size16 x 24 Inches
SignedSigned LL: W.L.Wyllie
DateCirca 1905

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About the artist

Referred to as "Britain’s premier marine artist of the later Victorian & early 20th century", Wyllie composed his artistry in the face of intense observation by the established English art world. He was born into a family of London painters in 1851. His father, William M. Wyllie, was a genre painter and his brother, Charles, was also accomplished in marine art. (His own son Harold later became a success in marine art.) Studying first at Heatherley’s art school, his obvious natural talent was matched by his ambition and drive. He began to study at the Royal Academy in 1865. He was 17 when his…

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