Tommaso De Simone, HM Brig Nautilus Exercising In The Channel Near The Eddystone Lighthouse Belgium some of the passages are

some of the passages are broadly impressionistic

both of whom were tutored by Henry Davy (1793-1865)

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 44½” x 32½” / 113cm x 82cmYear of creation: c

Renwick was a highly reputable painter of equestrian subjects and very rarely painted people

Perched upon a creaky wooden bench

Tommaso De Simone, HM Brig Nautilus Exercising In The Channel Near The Eddystone Lighthouse Belgium some of the passages areThis charming late 19th century oil painting by Italian artist Tommaso De Simone (c. 1805 1888) depicts the HMS Nautilus in the English Channel near the Eddystone Lighthouse. It was previously owned and probably commissioned by, the ships commander, Richard Nigel Gresley (1850 1928). HMS Nautilus was an 8 gun training brig, built at Chatham dockyard in 1879, and commanded by Gresley between 1882 and 1885. During the 19th century, training brigs were