Name: WILLIAM NORRIS (BRITISH, 18TH CENTURY)
Brand: H.M.S. Britannia and a frigate running down the Channel; and A British man-o'war and other vessels in the Channel off Dover
Price: 2400.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

WILLIAM NORRIS (BRITISH, 18TH CENTURY)
H.M.S. Britannia and a frigate running down the Channel; and A British man-o'war and other vessels in the Channel off Dover
i) signed 'W^mNorris Delineavit.' (lower left) and dated 'Jan.7 1779' (lower right); ii) signed 'W^mNorris. Delineavit' (lower left) and dated 'June: 1778' (lower right)
pen and grey ink and wash on paper watermarked with a Strasbourg lily
11⁵⁄₈ x 16⁷⁄₈ in. (29.5 x 43 cm.) each

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Lot Essay

William Norris has not been identified, but it seems likely that he was a naval officer, trained as a draughtsman as was the practice in the late 18th Century. Certainly he was a skilled artist, and these watercolours have a sharp accuracy.