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ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-C.1907) The Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner 'Marchesa' off the Bay of Naples ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-C.1907) The Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner 'Marchesa' off the Bay of Naples Signed 'De Simone' (lower right) and inscribed 'R.T.Y.C. MARCHESA' (lower left) Gouache 16 x 24in. (40.5 x 61cm.) The screw schooner Marchesa was designed and built by Lobnitz, Coulborn & Co. at Renfrew in 1877. Registered at 377 tons (Thames), she measured 138½ feet in length with a 25- foot beam and was owned for many years by Mr Charles Kettlewell of Dumbleton Hall, Evesham, Gloucestershire. Obviously well-travelled, judging by the fact that Marchesa was surveyed by Lloyd's Register at Singapore in 1884, Mr Kettlewell sold her at the end of 1891 and replaced her with a newer steam yacht (the Queen Marfisa of 1887) which he renamed Marchesa in honour of her predecessor. Rubbing to top right.