HMS Calypso (1883)
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HMS Calypso was a corvette of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of its namesake class. Built for distant cruising in the heyday of the British Empire, the vessel served as a warship and training vessel until 1922, when it was sold.
HMS Calypso
H.M.S. Calypso, sketched by a young Robert Falcon Scott in 1883
HMS Calypso in 1897, by W L Wyllie
Under full sail (1898)
William Lionel Wyllie
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William Lionel Wyllie, also known as W. L. Wyllie, was a prolific English painter of maritime themes in both oils and watercolours. He has been described as "the most distinguished marine artist of his day." His work is in the Tate, the Royal Academy, the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, and many other institutions around the world.
An engraved portrait of W. L. Wyllie from The Illustrated London News of 4 May 1889
Dawn after a Storm, 1869, which won Wyllie a Turner Gold Medal at the age of 18
Marian Amy Carew Wyllie, portrait by John Singer Sargent
The grave of W. L. Wyllie, and his wife Marion. Also interred in the same plot are his daughters Eva and Aileen