Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, RI, ROI, RBC, RSMA Australian, 1879-1957
'The Wash of the Next Ahead' 1912
signed 'ARTHUR BURGESS' (lower right)
oil on canvas
47¼ x 72 in. (120 x 182.2 cm)
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Royal Academy, 1912, no.158.
Depicting three battleships in line astern of a fourth. They are thought to be the King George V or Iron Duke Class battleships which were noted for having the main mast forward of the fore funnel, in contrast with their predecessors, the Orion Class.