A £2600 unfinished tour of the British Empire

An oil of HMS Ophir moored off Halifax in Canada sold for a multi-estimate sum at George Kidner’s (19% buyer’s premium) sale in Lymington on March 2.

The 21½in x 3ft (54 x 92cm) work, which bears no signature, is inscribed The Last Boats of the Sea…

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