MARITIME BATTLE PAINTING DEPICTING A SCENE OF SEA FIGHTING BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND DUTCH: Watercolor by Homer Proteau, sight size 17.5'' x 25.5'', signed lower right and dated 1941, encased in painted gesso frame, 35'' x 40''. Full title at the bottom margin reads ''Sea Fight Between the English and the Dutch Off Ter Hayle, August 1655.'' Inscription verso reads ''Brought Home 5/29/41, Made and Drawn at the Bradford Durfee Textile School (Evening Classes), Fall River, Mass.''
CONDITION: Some insect damage in upper left corner, frame has been repaired with glue drips in the upper frame.