Admiralty House, Trincomalee

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Whitehall

William Godfrey Rayson Masters was a Royal Marine and amateur artist. He may be the ‘W. Masters’ who exhibited one painting, titled ‘On the River Thames’, at the Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, in 1866, whose address was then listed as No. 3 Edward Street, Blackfriars. Masters became a Second Lieutenant of the Royal Marines in 1842, First Lieutenant in 1846, Captain in 1854, Major in 1860, Second Lieutenant in 1842 and finally achieved the position of Lieutenant Colonel in 1871. Many of his watercolours were evidently made during his numerous voyages.

Places

Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Sri Lanka, Trincomalee

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, seascape/coastal scene, seagull, sea, man, government building, house, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

William Godfrey Rayson Masters (c.1823 - 1895)

Title

Admiralty House, Trincomalee

Date

1858

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 16.00 cm, width: 25.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, September 1972

Inscription

Sdblinsbc

GAC number

9712