Samuel Owen (Attributed), Maritime Scene With A Royal Navy Man-Of-War

Samuel Owen (Attributed), Maritime Scene With A Royal Navy Man-Of-WarThis early 19th century watercolour, attributed to English artist Samuel Owen (1769 1857), depicts several vessels buffeted by turbulent waves. Owen was an accomplished British marine watercolourist who served in the Royal Navy. The impressive structure of a Royal Navy Man Of War steals the show in this finely rendered celebration of British naval power. Produced circa 1820, the Battle of Waterloo was fought around five years earlier, and the

There are at least six species of flower on display

Royal Academy exhibited

It’s midsummer and the sun radiates across the landscape illuminating a lake and distant woodland

which includes a charming sketch and reads:

he travelled to India with a theatre troupe where he presumably performed in an orchestra

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 32” x 23” / 81cm x 59cmYear of creation: c

the picturesque harbour

The gentleman’s name has been lost over time but he was clearly a man of means

marvelled at “the rapidity with which he dashes off his vigorous war pictures” and how “twenty-four hours in the day aren't enough for him to finish all his commissions

An inscription on the reverse refers to a ‘Thunderstorm Mood’ and the ground seems particularly sodden

the rocky precipice of the highest peak towers over the horizon

565 for ‘The Big Sister’