Untitled Etching
Image: 17.2 x 29.7 cm
Signed, Frame: 36.5 x 48.0 cm
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Biography
William Lionel Wyllie, RA, RI, RE (1851-1931) was an artist in oil, watercolour, etching and aquatint of marine and tidal Thames subjects. Born in London on 5th July 1851, son of William Morison Wyllie and brother of Charles Wyllie. Wyllie studied art at the Heatherleys in 1865, and at the Royal Academy Schools between 1866-69, winning the Turner Medal 1869. He was acknowledged as one of the leading marine artists at the turn of the century. Marine painter to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde. His work can be found in the National Maritime Museum.