HMS 'Warspite'<br>
Inscribed by the artist, 'Warspite', lower right beside an unexplained pencil diagram, this is a port-bow wash study of this 1913 battleship dating to1916 as the ship has fore and main topmasts, and  a 6-inch gun on her forecastle deck near the mainmast.  The topmasts and gun were removed by late 1916. A boat boom may be extended, aft.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:William_Lionel_Wyllie" class="extiw" title="w:en:William Lionel Wyllie"><span title="English painter of maritime themes (1851-1931)">William Lionel Wyllie</span></a>
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1916<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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