File:Action off the Texel, 17 October 1914 RMG PW0659.jpg

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William Lionel Wyllie  (1851–1931)  wikidata:Q2579750
 
William Lionel Wyllie
Alternative names
W. L. Wyllie; William Lionel Wylie; W. L. Wylie; William Wyllie; W.J. Wylie
Description British painter, artist, landscape painter and marine painter
Date of birth/death 5 July 1851 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q2579750
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English: Action off the Texel, 17 October 1914
Inscribed and signed by artist, lower left, 'Action off the Texel October 28th 1914 / Chase of the German Torpedo boats / W. L. Wyllie'. The date given is wrong, since the action shown took place on 17 October 1914 between the British light cruiser 'Undaunted' (on the left here) with the four destroyers of the 1st Division of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla out of Harwich ('Lance', 'Legion', 'Lennon' and 'Loyal'), and the four German torpedo boats S115, S117, S118 and S119 (all launched 1902-03). It took place in the Broad Fourteens, 40 miles south-west of the Texel. All four of the German boats were sunk and the confidential books of the leader were fished out of the water, their box having failed to sink quickly enough. See also PAE3145 and PAF0912. Although the colour has deteriorated, this is an interesting demonstration of Wyllie's economical technique in which detail of the ships is done simply in black.Inscribed and signed by artist, lower left, 'Action off the Texel October 28th 1914 / Chase of the German Torpedo boats / W. L. Wyllie'. The date given is wrong, since the action shown took place on 17 October 1914 between the British light cruiser 'Undaunted' (on the left here) with the four destroyers of the 1st Division of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla out of Harwich ('Lance', 'Legion', 'Lennon' and 'Loyal'), and the four German torpedo boats S115, S117, S118 and S119 (all launched 1902-03). It took place in the Broad Fourteens, 40 miles south-west of the Texel. All four of the German boats were sunk and the confidential books of the leader were fished out of the water, their box having failed to sink quickly enough. See also PAE3145 and PAF0912. Although the colour has deteriorated, this is an interesting demonstration of Wyllie's economical technique in which detail of the ships is done simply in black.
Date circa 1914
date QS:P571,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions Sheet: 125 x 301 mm; Mount: 403 mm x 556 mm
Notes Box Title: Wyllie: Mounted - misc.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/124794
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Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P8, 65
Caird Catalogue Wyllie Collection Number: 83 7
id number: PAF0659
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