Sketch of a sailing boat, no date
Drawing from a sketchbook by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936), no date.
Wollen exhibited many paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1879. He was highly regarded for his battle paintings and, as a 'special' artist with 'The Sphere', he went to South Africa to cover the Boer War (1899-1902). By 1916, in the midst of the First World War, Wollen's romantic depictions of military glory were increasingly condemned in the press as predictable and conventional.
From a collection of 43 sketchbooks of pencil, pen and ink drawings, 'Military and Miscellaneous sketches 1874-1924'.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1967-05-80-7-9
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1967-05-80-7-9