William Frederick Mitchell (1845-1914)A steam and sail ship at sea, possibly H.M.S. MinotaurSigned, dated 1875 and numbered 842 Watercolour heightened with scratching out 14.5 x 22 cm; 5.75 x 8.5 inProvenance:W. R. Deighton, LondonBonhams, 15h August 1991, Lot 379Collection of a Retired Master MarinerWoolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 5th June 2013, Lot 271From the collection of Sir Jeremy Lever KCMG, QC, MA, FRSAHMS Minotaur (1863), ordered as Elephant but renamed Minotaur before being launched in 1863, was the lead ship of the Minotaur class of ironclad battleships. She was renamed Boscawen II in 1904, Ganges in 1906 and Ganges II in 1908, and broken up in 1922.