Pre 1922 Watercolour Painting of HMS Victory in Portsmouth Harbour

Title - HMS Victory
 
Date - Undated but before 1922 when HMS Victory was put into Dry Dock. The Artist passed away in 1931
 
Medium - Watercolour Painting on paper
 
Signed - L.G.Fawkes - (Colonel Lionel Grimston Fawkes 1849- 1931)
 
Picture size - 11.5cm x 8.5cm / 4.5" x 3.5"
 
Outside frame size - 19.5cm x 14.5cm / 7.75" x 5.75"
 
Condition - Excellent
 
Frame - Antique Edwardian era picture frame with period glass
 
A fabulous small watercolour painting of HMS Victory in Portsmouth Harbour before She was placed into dry dock for posterity in 1922.
Colonel L. G. Fawkes was born into a wealthy family and had a long career in the Army rising to the rank of Colonel. He is also a Listed Artist in the history books.
Fawkes was one of six pall bearers at Queen Victoria's funeral and an ancestor of Guy Fawkes.