A sea captain who turned to painting , he was a prolific painter of ship portraits and marine scenes from the early 1890s to the late 1920s .
TG Purvis ( 12 April 1861 -- 17 January 1933 ) was a British marine artist .
A sea captain who turned to painting , TG Purvis was a prolific painter of ship portraits and marine scenes from the early 1890s to the late 1920s .
TG Purvis ( 12 April 1861 -- 17 January 1933 ) was a British marine artist .