Preview: from Old Master to modern, marine pictures from £70 to £40,000 for sale in Sussex this week
For their depiction of military dramas, trade wars and man’s battle with the lethal power of the sea, marine paintings are a highly distinctive genre, as a selection from John Nicholson's monthly picture sale tomorrow (Wednesday, November 28) shows.
It’s a category that spans large, dramatic 17th-to-19th century Dutch and English Old Master illustr…