~ Watercolour of HMS President (1918) & HMS Chrysanthemum (1917) by Eric Erskine Tufnell c1975 ~
A lovely quality watercolour painting of HMS President (1918) and HMS Chrysanthemum (1917) by the famous Marine artist Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell.
The two ships are pictured moored on the Thames in London with St Pauls Cathedral in the background.
The painting is signed on the bottom right hand corner with the date of 1975, and the ships names on the bottom left.
This fine watercolour was presented to Rear Admiral H.W.E. Hollins C.B., in 1976.
Below the painting is the inscription:
Presented to Rear Admiral H.W.E. Hollins C.B., by the officers of the London division, Royal Naval Reserve, 7th December 1976, on completetion of his term as the 45th Admiral commanding reserves’.
The painting is mounted and presented in a glazed frame which features a paper label to the reverse from the Parker Gallery in London, a well known and well respected art dealer.
~ Dimensions ~
The frame measures 42.5cm (16 ¾ inches) by 37.5cm (14 ¾ inches).
The painting measures 25cm (9 ¾ inches) by 20cm (8 inches).
It weighs 1.6 Kg
~ Condition ~
The painting is in excellent condition with no sign of foxing or damage.
The frame has a couple of chips to the edges and there a couple of bits of dirt/dust under the glass (within the border, Not the painting).
~ HMS President (1918) ~
HMS President (formerly HMS Saxifrage) is a retired Flower-class Q-ship that was launched in 1918. She was renamed HMS President in 1922 and moored permanently on the Thames as a Royal Navy Reserve drill ship.
She is one of the last three surviving Royal Navy warships of the First World War. She is also the sole representative of the first type of purpose built anti-submarine vessels, and is the ancestor of World War II convoy escort sloops, which evolved into modern anti-submarine frigates.
~ HMS Chrysanthemum (1917) ~
HMS Chrysanthemum was an Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 November 1917.
The Anchusas were the final group of Flower-class sloops, and were intended primarily for anti-submarine duties.
After service in the Mediterranean, in 1938 she was docked permanently on the River Thames next to HMS President and became a drill ship with Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) and then the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR).
She was sold in 1988 and subsequently scrapped in 1995.
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