CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)

The old 'Wellesley' hulked in the Tyne, with the training ship 'Cornwall' moored astern of her

Signed and inscribed ‘Langham “the portrait” Charles Dixon’(lower left)

Watercolour

19 x 12½in. (48 x 32cm.)

Whilst obsolete ships, when no longer seaworthy, were often renamed and put to other use, the renaming of both Wellesley (launched as Boscawen in 1844 and renamed Wellesley in 1874) and Cornwall (launched 1830, exchanged names with Wellesley in 1868 but became Wellesley (II) in 1874) remain a particularly confusing example. Sufficient to say however, both vessels ended up on the Tyne from 1868, Cornwall as a training ship and Wellesley as an associated hulk.

Condition Report

Time-stained and modest foxing, needs to be cleaned

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