Rhyanon Demery
Head of Sale
Lot 27
Lieutenant Francis Henry Boyer(British, 1854-1926)HM Ships Alert and Discovery leaving Portsmouth for the Arctic Expedition, 1875
Amended
26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £637.50 inc. premium
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Lieutenant Francis Henry Boyer (British, 1854-1926)
HM Ships Alert and Discovery leaving Portsmouth for the Arctic Expedition, 1875
signed with initials 'FHB' (lower left), bears title (on mount)
watercolour and gouache, unframed
23.5 x 33cm (9 1/4 x 13in).
signed with initials 'FHB' (lower left), bears title (on mount)
watercolour and gouache, unframed
23.5 x 33cm (9 1/4 x 13in).
Footnotes
The following lots are a fascinating record of Lieutenant Francis H. Boyer's voyages whilst serving in the Royal Navy during the 1870s and early 1880s. They include views in North and South Africa, China, Japan, the Antarctic and Mediterranean. The National Maritime Museum holds four logbooks kept by Boyer on various ships between 1869 and 1876, including HMS Clio, depicted in lots 28 and 57. A folio of watercolours of Bombay and the surrounding area by Boyer was sold by Sotheby's in 1982. In 1893 Lieutenant Francis Henry Boyer assumed the rank Commander on the Retired List.
Saleroom notices
Please note that this work depicts a scene just off the Isle of Wight, with the ships having already left the confines of Portsmouth Harbour.