Island of Serra, Aden

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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

Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Middle East, Yemen, Aden, Sira Island

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, landscape C19th, island, river bank, rock formation, sea, man

Materials & Techniques

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

Artist

William Godfrey Rayson Masters (c.1823 - 1895)

Title

Island of Serra, Aden

Date

1859

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 16.00 cm, width: 24.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, September 1972

Inscription

Sdbrinsbc

GAC number

9711