Alma Claude Burlton Cull (1880-1931)
A Grey Day in the Solent
Watercolour; signed and dated 08, inscribed on the backboard: 1) '51', 2) 'WEIR' and labelled 1) with title and artist's name and address, 'No 2', and priced at £5, and 2) by Bourlet for exhibition at Hull
8 ½ x 15 inches
£1,800
Exhibitions
Hull, UK (Autumn), 1910
Cull was best known for his pictures of British warships, and painted several for Edward VII. Much travelled with the Navy, he performed 'almost every job on a warship, including stoking, so that I may thoroughly know my subject" (Daily Mirror, 14 Nov 1911, p 5).
This more peaceful picture would have been painted near his home in Lee-on-Solent.