Gosport from Portsmouth Harbour by Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton

Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton KCB (1852-1940)
Gosport from Portsmouth Harbour

watercolour, signed and dated 1907

Overall size including frame: 46 cm x 53.7 cm
Framed and glazed

Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton KCB rose to become Second Sea Lord in 1911. During his career he served on the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76 and with the Naval Brigade in Mombasa in 1895. He became Assistant Director of Torpedoes in 1901 and in 1902 transferred to the torpedo school ship 'Vernon'.

He became aide-de-camp to King Edward VII and served in World War I as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth before retiring in 1916. He was a very accomplished watercolourist.