1861 HMS Warrior Iron Clad Gun Ship Of 40 Guns By George Tuckwell Artist- Original Art

HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armored frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armor-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. Warrior conducted a publicity tour of Great Britain in 1863 and spent her active career with the Channel Squadron. Obsolescent following the 1873 commissioning of the mastless and more capable HMS Devastation, she was placed in reserve in 1875, and was "paid off" – decommissioned – in 1883.

She subsequently served as a storeship and depot ship, and in 1904 was assigned to the Royal Navy's torpedo training school. The ship was converted into an oil jetty in 1927 and remained in that role until 1979, at which point she was donated by the Navy to The Maritime Trust for restoration. The restoration process took eight years, during which many of her features and fittings were either restored or recreated. When this was finished she returned to Portsmouth as a museum ship. Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Warrior has been based in Portsmouth since 1987. 9" by 10" on artist board with some minor spotting and pencil and ink notations by the artist for the book "Fighting Ships" authored and illustrated by George Tuckwell. One of a kind original illustration art specifically for the book. Ink, and watercolor wash highlighting. A fine, detailed example of the iron clad ships, prior to the replacement with the dreadnoughts, all iron and steel armored battleships.

George Arthur Tuckwell, artist (1919-2000). Not much is known about the artist except the few works of art that have come to the market. It appears that he was also a book illustrator or worked on several books, including one titled "Fighting Ships" a story of the history of ships from the very early period to modern sea and air ships. This is a collection of George Tuckwell watercolors from that book. Tuckwell's draftsmanship of the ships are clean and well executed. His images of people follow his artistic lean toward the abstract. images for a book entitled Fighting Ships.

Notes: Some staining and pencil and ink notations by the artist George Tuckwell. One of a kind, unframed.

$25 - $50

10" x 0.01" x 9"

Fine Art, Works on Paper

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