Norman Wilkinson (British, 1878-1971)


Lusitania steaming past the Irish coast inscribed and dated 'Lusitania passing us of Irish Coast/Note in moderate swell she occasionally/put her foc'sle under/ S.S. Laurentic/Dec 19 1909' (on board verso)oil on canvas laid to board25.5 x 36cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/16in).
|ProvenanceWith the Royal Exchange Art Gallery, London.Here Wilkinson records the passing of Lusitinia whilst he was aboard S.S. Laurentic. Both ships would befall the same fate off the coast of Ireland during World War I, with Lusitania being sunk by German U-boat torpedo fire in 1915 and S.S. Laurentic sinking after having struck two mines in 1917.