Charles de Lacy

Charles John de Lacy (1856 – 13 December 1929) was one of the foremost British marine artists of his period. He was especially known for his warship imagery and was regularly commissioned by Elswick, Tyne and Wear shipbuilder W. G. Armstrong Whitworth.

Life Son of Robert de Lacy, a professor of music, and his wife Eliza, While in Lambeth he married Alice Harriet Hill in 1880 and they had two daughters, Constance Rosamond De Lacy (b. 1881) and Irene Valerie Cristoforo De Lacy (b. 1901). having undertaken training at The National Gallery. The Royal Museums at Greenwich (including the National Maritime Museum) use both forms. In the 1911 census entry in his own hand is written Charles John De Lacy and he says of himself "Artist, Painter and Press artist".

Individual notable works

The Battle Against the Spanish Armada The Kinfauns Castle as a Troopship (National Maritime Museum) HMS Vindictive Storming Zeebrugge Mole (during the Zeebrugge Raid) which hangs in the Britannia Royal Naval College. The Sinking of the Lusitania "The Funeral of queen Victoria" Porthmouth 1st February 1901

Much of his work was done as book illustration or as commercial art for shipbuilders. Amongst major publishing names who used his material were Frederick Warne & Co, Thomas Nelson, Cassell, Methuen Publishing and S.P.C.K. Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Archive item 450/1#tag:ref|Archive item 450/1 HMS Invincible (2 images) Chao Ho Cowes Maritime Museum