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WILLIAM FAWCETT off the English Coast

Object category: PAINTING

Date made: 12th October 1836

Maker: SKILLETT, Stephen D.

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Material/medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

  • sight: 59.3 x 79.5 cm; outside frame: 77 x 100 x 11.43 cm

This contemporary portrait of WILLIAM FAWCETT captures the very beginnings of P&O on the Peninsular route.