Lulworth and Westward Racing off Norris Castle
- oil on canvas
- 12 x 16 in
- Richard M. Firth
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$5000. - 7000. Five racing yachts met in August of 1926 at Cowes to battle for supremacy in the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta. Westward owned by T.B.F. Davis and Lulworth owned by Sir Mortimer Singer finished first and second that day ahead of Shamrock White Heather II and the legendary royal cutter Britannia owned by King George V. Norris. The castle in the background was built for Lord Henry Seymour and is located on the Isle of Wright.