Edoardo De Martino (Italy 1838-1912), Off the Isle of Wight, watercolour, 1863

Watercolour on paper, titled and themed "Off the Isle of Wight", dated on the reverse 1863. By the maritime painter Edoardo Federico de Martino. The painter, born in Sorrento, had been an officer in the Italian navy and had gone to London to serve Queen Victoria as a painter for the British army. Official painter to Edward VII. Original frame, with minor losses.