19th C. watercolor on paper, attributed to Captain Sir Jahleel Brenton (1770 - 1844) 'HMS Spartan' 1809 at the Strait of Bonifacio. Labeled in pencil verso, framed and glazed.

Dimensions: 12 1/2" x 17 3/4" (sight); 22 1/2" x 26" (framed)

Note: Jahleel Brenton was born on 22 August 1770 in Rhode Island, British North America. He was the eldest of ten children born to Rear Admiral Jahleel Brenton of the Royal Navy and his wife Henrietta Cowley. Brenton was the great-great grandson of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations governor William Brenton, who had emigrated from England in the 17th century, and the grandson of the longest serving governor in Rhode Island history, Samuel Cranston. He had two brothers that survived past infancy—Edward Pelham Brenton and James Wallace Brenton—and both served in the Royal Navy.

At the outbreak of the American War of Independence, Brenton's father—at that time a lieutenant—remained loyal to the British and the Brenton family was forced to flee Rhode Island for England in 1780. Brenton briefly attended a school in Enfield, Middlesex and in 1781, aged 11, he enrolled as a midshipman in the Royal Navy under his father who had been assigned to command the hired armed ship Queen. [4] His father was promoted to post-captain later that year and Brenton followed him to his new command, the 26-gun sixth rate HMS Termagant, until May 1782 when the ship was taken out of service for a refit. [2] Following the Peace of Paris in 1783, Brenton resumed his studies in England at a maritime school in Chelsea, London. In 1785 he moved with his family to Saint-Omer, France, and became adept in the French language. Brenton developed a talent for painting and his parents considered sending him to Italy to develop his skills before he made the decision to persevere with a naval career. Source: Wikipedia

Good color, minor losses (see photos), mounted to cardboard.