English School (19th century)
Panorama of the Fleet Review, off Ryde, Isle of Wight,1856
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
14 1/2 x 48 1/2 in. (36.8 x 123.2 cm)
£8,500.00
The “Great Peace Review”, as it was called at the time, was held on St. George’s Day 1856 to mark the fleet’s triumphant return home from the Crimean War.