On Board the Yacht 'Alarm'

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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The original title of this painting is not known although a label on the reverse identifies it as showing William John Foster on board his yacht 'Alarm'. There is no documentary evidence that Forster ever owned the yacht since it was built at Lymington in 1830 for the famous yachtsman and landowner Joseph Weld (1777–1863). She was 193-ton cutter-rigged yacht until rebuilt as a schooner in 1852, and one of the most famous nineteenth-century British yachts. Although the circumstances surrounding the painting are unclear, it is an important deck-view representation of a sailing yacht from the mid-nineteenth century. The background, visible on the port bow, is possibly the Mewstone at Plymouth, so the 'Alarm' could be departing for a day's racing in Plymouth Sound.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

On Board the Yacht 'Alarm'

Date

c.1842–1851

Medium

oil on mahogany panel

Measurements

H 32.7 x W 45.8 cm

Accession number

BHC4178

Work type

Painting

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