Antique 19th Century Maritime Seascape War Ship Oil Painting HMS Britannia by Robert Strickland Thomas, 1835 Recently Added Klejman Gallery Madison Avenue New

Klejman Gallery Madison Avenue New York

acquired by family descent

The sides of the mirror with ribbed pilasters topped with Corinthian capitals and the base of the columns terminating with reverse corbel brackets with floral motifs

The painting being larger than most portrait miniatures and painted by Jenny Savy

the clock plinth is fitted with a rectangular 'Sevres' plaque

Antique 19th Century Maritime Seascape War Ship Oil Painting HMS Britannia by Robert Strickland Thomas, 1835 Recently Added Klejman Gallery Madison Avenue NewA fine & large antique maritime oil painting of the war ship HMS Britannia, by Robert Strickland Thomas (1787 1853), the painting circa 1835. The painting depicts HMS Britannia broadside with several other war ships of the British fleet, most likley returning from the Mediterranean. In the foreground are several small boats with sailors variously occupied attending to them. A yacht with a crowded deck is visible on the left. In the center foreground