HMS PORPOISE, minelaying submarine, entering Portsmouth, c.1934

Irwin Bevan (1852-1940). Watercolour signed (lower left) Irwin Bevan..

HMS PORPOISE, minelaying submarine, entering Portsmouth, c.1934

4 3/4 x 10 1/2 ins (12 x 26.6 cms) approx

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Painted by Irwin Bevan for Lieutenant C R L Argles RN, 4th hand in HMS PORPOISE 1932-34; thence by descent to his son, Captain C S Argles RN.  Irwin Bevan was related by marriage to W L Wyllie and the two artists worked together on many commissions in the 1912-20 era.