File:On board Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht 'Meteor' during the Queen's Cup race at Cowes, 1893 RMG PW2041.tiff

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William Lionel Wyllie  (1851–1931)  wikidata:Q2579750
 
William Lionel Wyllie
Alternative names
W. L. Wyllie; William Lionel Wylie; W. L. Wylie; William Wyllie; W.J. Wylie
Description British painter, artist, landscape painter and marine painter
Date of birth/death 5 July 1851 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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creator QS:P170,Q2579750
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English: On board Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht 'Meteor' during the Queen's Cup race at Cowes, 1893

This vigorous drawing looks astern as 'Meteor' beats to windward on the port tack in a lively sea, and is inscribed by Wyllie with technical points and the names of individuals shown. One is 'The German Emperor' on the right (noted also as 'Em [dressed] in white' with a 'Gold Bangle' on his left wrist). It was previously suggested to have been drawn by Wyllie about 1905 on the third 'Meteor' owned by the Kaiser, an American-built schooner of 1902. However, there is no evidence Wyllie sailed on this while he was certainly the Kaiser's guest on the first 'Meteor' (ex-'Thistle') when she raced for and won the Queen's Cup at Cowes in 1893 skippered by 'Captain Gomez', who is included here, lower left. Wyllie also recorded (in 'Sea Fights of the Great War' [1918] p. 4) that the Kaiser was - as also noted on the drawing here- 'dressed all in white, with a gold bangle on his wrist' on this occasion, so it seems more likely that this is a sketch done on board that day. The other inscriptions are, top left 'On board Meteor / In sheets' - which is probably the order being executed - and a note on the crew's dress, lower left: 'men in white for the / most part with red caps / but some of them in blue'. The Kaiser apears in three other drawings that Wyllie did on board during the race: PAE0232, PAE0233, PAE0457 and also (very small) in PAE0971, which is a later worked-up drawing recording 'Meteor' coming toward its end as the winner.

On Board the German Emperor's Yacht Meteor
Date 1893
date QS:P571,+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Sheet: 227 x 325 mm
Notes Box Title: Wyllie: Landscape - not catalogued by Kitson.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/126176
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Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P8, 65
Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 4019
id number: PAF2041
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