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The Barque 'Windward'

William Ball Spencer (1854–1923)

National Maritime Museum

The Barque 'Windward'

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This picture was previously listed as by Richard B. Spencer, though clearly signed 'W. B. Spencer' lower left. Both were mid-nineteenth-century ship portrait painters, working in a similar style, and who are thought of have been brothers. They also painted sea battles copied from other images, but in their own style. Richard is more commonly found. The Museum has 14 ship portraits by him and two by William, and other examples (again mainly Richard) are in the Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, and the Peabody Museum, Salem. It has been suggested that Richard's second name was also 'Barnett' but this remains to be demonstrated.

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Title

The Barque 'Windward'

Date

mid-19thC

Medium

oil on canvas marouflaged on Sundeala board

Measurements

H 48.9 x W 77 cm

Accession number

BHC3726

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

W. B. Spencer

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William Ball Spencer

1854–1923

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