Description
After Montague Dawson, The Windsor Castle, limited edition coloured print, numbered 184/200 and signed by Lord Mountbatten of Burma, mounted within a gilt swept frame. Signed by Mountbatten of Burma in lower right margin. Numbered in pencil in lower left side 184/ 200 and marked UK, to denote this print was for sale in the UK market – others were marked USA & Euro.
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It Is a large and dramatic nautical print, published to commemorate the death of the artist, Montague Dawson, and personally signed in his honour by Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma.
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The ‘Windsor Castle’ was a ship of the Blackwall line and was built in William Pile’s yard, in Sunderland, in 1827 for the owner Richard Green, with a gross tonnage of 1075 tons and a length of 195 feet. Montague Dawson was one of the foremost nautical painters of the 20th century.
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Though often depicting clipper ships from the 19th century, he sometimes depicted ships from the late 17th-century, as in one of his most famous works.
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The Crescent Moon, which shows a three-decker pirate ship on a calm night in the Southern seas. Born on September 19, 1890 in London, United Kingdom, Dawson had no formal art training, but began to draw as a child and developed his illustration skills at a commercial art studio in 1910. Even after joining the Royal Navy, the British artist continued to submit his work to publications such as Sphere and The Graphic.
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He died on May 21, 1973 in Midhurst, United Kingdom at the age of 83. Dawson’s highly realistic style of maritime painting and dedication to technical accuracy has made him into a particularly popular seascape artist, and his works can be found in the collections of the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth and the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, United Kingdom. Dimensions – W111 D6.5 H97.5 Please see all photographs which form part of the description.
