Studies of an armed trawler, an airship, an open motor boat with mast and sails struck down, and ships on a sea horizon making smoke RMG PV0084, William Lionel Wyllie, 1918

Studies of an armed trawler, an airship, an open motor boat with mast and sails struck down, and ships on a sea horizon making smoke the detailed studies in the upper part of the sheet show three views of an armed trawler from different angles and two of the same approaching clinker-built motorized, inshore vessel with sailing rig stowed, probably a fishing boat used for taking crabs, lobsters, shrimps, shellfish, mackerel, etc. The airship in the top left is one of the seven ships of the 'c star'-class of coastal airships. They were numbered 'c*4' to 'c*10' inclusive, were completed between may and july 1918, deflated in january and april 1919 and deleted in october 1919. The panoramic sea view at the bottom is a study of the effect of the smoke put up by five indeterminate ships on the far horizon. Date: 1918. Dimensions: 255 mm x 352 mm. Collection: Fine art.