Giacomo D'ESPOSITO, (ITALIAN, 19TH-20TH-CENTURY)
The training ship H.M.S. 'Cruiser' under sail
Oil on board
Signed 'D'Esposito 1890' (lower left)
14 x 20½in. (35.5 x 52cm.)

A Second Class steam screw sloop, Cruiser was launched 1852 and completed the next year; A veteran of the Crimean War, her engines were removed in 1872 (hence the lack of any funnel in this picture) and she became a sail training ship. Often seen in the Mediterranean, she was renamed Lark in 1893 and broken up at Malta in 1912.

Condition Report
Surface dirt overall, with scuffs and abrasions in the sky.
Framed dims: 16.5 x 23in.

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