Prometheus Antiques has dated this piece to the 1940s.
The painting also shows on the reverse that it was accepted for the Royal Academy in 1940. The painting is signed William j. Mann and dated 1939. I can find no record of the artist and as he is obviously a painter of great ability I can only think with the date of the work that he may well have gone to war not long after the painting was done. The painting is in the original gilt frame and the work has been professionally cleaned. This is a great piece of twentieth century marine painting and should not be underated because of the lack of information on the artist.
overall sizes in inches, including frame: 30 3/4 by 25 1/2
Prometheus Antiques has dated this piece to the 1940s.
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