File:'Count Spee sinking Monmouth' (at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914) RMG PW1785.tiff

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William Lionel Wyllie: 'Count Spee sinking Monmouth' (at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914)  wikidata:Q63860400 reasonator:Q63860400
Artist
William Lionel Wyllie  (1851–1931)  wikidata:Q2579750
 
William Lionel Wyllie
Alternative names
W. L. Wyllie; William Lionel Wylie; W. L. Wylie; William Wyllie; W.J. Wylie
Description British painter, artist, landscape painter and marine painter
Date of birth/death 5 July 1851 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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creator QS:P170,Q2579750
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Title
Count Spee sinking Monmouth' [at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914]
label QS:Len,"Count Spee sinking Monmouth' [at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914]"
label QS:Lde,"Graf Spee versenkt die Monmouth"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: At the Battle of Coronel, the armoured cruiser HMS ‘Monmouth’ was set on fire during her encounter with the ‘Gneisenau’, the guns of the British ship being effectively out of range. She remained afloat after Admiral von Spee’s larger vessels lost contact in the dark at 20.00 hours. At about 21.20 she was found by the German light cruiser ‘Nürnberg’. ‘Monmouth’s’ engines were still running and her steering gear was undamaged. She did not haul down her flag nor return fire but seemed to be turning, either to ram her opponent or to bring her starboard guns to bear. ‘Nürnberg’ (on the left here) opened fire again and ‘Monmouth’ heeled over and capsized with the loss of all hands. It is this last moment which is dramatically depicted by Wyllie, with the technical inaccuracy that 'Monmouth's' forward turret had been blown over the side by the gunfire of the 'Gneisenau' but it still appears to be on the forecastle here. The 'Good Hope', flagship of Rear-Admiral Christopher Cradock had already been sunk about 20 minutes earlier, also with all hands, and only the other two British ships, the light cruiser 'Glasgow' and auxiliary cruiser 'Otranto', managed to make good an escape from von Spee's greatly superior force.
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Secondary support: 364 mm x 547 mm; Primary support: 269 mm x 429 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
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RMG PW1785 (Royal Museums Greenwich) Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions Title and signature bottom right by the artist
Notes Box Title: Wyllie: Kitson II b 34-54. Mainly 1st World War.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/125920
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Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P8, 65
Caird Catalogue Wyllie Collection Number: 43 30
Kitson/Wyllie Catalogue Number: II b 46
id number: PAF1785
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