Lot 48: The following 8 lots are by William Stephen Tomkin (1861-1940) British). Tomkin was a highly proficient watercolour painter of marine subjects. He

The following 8 lots are by William Stephen Tomkin (1861-1940) British). Tomkin was a highly proficient watercolour painter of marine subjects. He initially worked as a draughtsman for General Pitt Rivers, who was Inspector of Ancient Monuments. Tomkin exhibited "Wind Against Tide" at the Royal Academy in 1909. William Stephen Tomkin (1861-1940) British

A three-masted ship and sailing barges on the Blackwater estuary, Essex
signed and dated 'W.S. Tomkin 1926', watercolour over traces of pencil, 25 x 47cm (9 3/4 x 18 1/2 in).