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William Lionel Wyllie was considered one of the most distinguished English maritime painters of the late 19th century, working in watercolour, oil and etching. He attended the Heatherley School of Fine Art followed by the Royal Academy Schools. In 1869, at the age of eighteen, he won the Turner Gold Medal. He was a member of the Society of British Artists, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1907.

Wyllie exhibited extensively including at the Royal Academy. His work is represented in prestigious public collections in England, including the Imperial War Museum, the Tate, the Royal Academy, the National Maritime Museum, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, and in many other public collections worldwide.