The Return of Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), in ‘Gypsy Moth IV’ to Plymouth on Conclusion of His Single-Handed Voyage Circumnavigating the World, via the Cape of Good Hope, Australia and Cape Horn, May 1967
John Eighteen (1927–1996)
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
The yacht ‘Gypsy Moth IV’ running before a heavy quartering sea, circa 1970
Peter Macdonagh
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Horn Abeam, Sir Francis Chichester’s Yacht, ‘Gypsy Moth IV’
Paper Size: 28 x 40 ins / 71 x 102 cm / Goutelette on Paper
by Montague Dawson
This famous picture was commissioned by the renowned dealers Frost & Reed to commemorate the remarkable voyage of Francis Chichester.
Gipsy Moth IV
Claude Grahame Muncaster (1903–1974), Cutty Sark Trust
Gipsy Moth IV rounds the Horn, Hugh Sawrey, Anthea Polson Art, Australia
Gipsy Moth IV rounding Cape Horn, 1967,
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm)
Norman Wilkinson, 1878-1971, CBE, SMA, PRWS, RI,
Presented to Sir Francis Chichester Chichester by Colonel W.H Whitbread in 1967 Photo credit: The Chichester Archive/PPL Tel: +44 (0)1243 555561 E.mail: ppl@mistral.co.uk Web: www.pplmedia.com PICTURES OF YESTERYEAR – COPYRIGHT RESERVED Managed by PPL Photo Agency
“Gipsy Moth IV” in heavy weather off Cape Horn, running under a storm trysail
oil on board, 45.7 x 61 cm. (18 x 24 in.)
Montague Dawson (1890–1973)
Gipsy Moth IV
Gipsy Moth IV, Rob Beilby
Gipsy Moth IV, Wilf Hardy
Gipsy Moth IV arrival in Sidney Harbour – photoprint
Gypsy Moth IV by John Allcot
Gypsy Moth IV in the Vicinity of Cape Horn
(39.5x48cm) on board by John Allcot, a British born marine artist (1888-1973) is the ‘father’ of Australian marine art. He trained as a deckhand in commercial shipping before becoming a full-time artist in Sydney. He was a Fellow of the Royal Art Society NSW.
