The first documented records of the painter William Heysham Overend were recorded in a census in 1861. The parents of the then 10-year-old William gave Darlington as his place of birth. Various sources state that the later painter was born in Coatham, a place that has been chosen several times as a town name in the United Kingdom. Still other art historians assume that the artist was born in America. In the biography of many painters this is of little importance, but in the case of William Heysham Overend the place of his first years acquires a high relevance. Overend became a famous marine painter. His depictions of ships and battles demonstrate an exceptional level of expertise. The painter possessed knowledge that was unusually precise for an artist born deep in the interior. Critical art experts have doubted that an artist could have acquired this knowledge from literature, and so various theories surround the painter's early years.
After deciding on a career in art, William Heysham Overend pursued a classical education. He furthered his knowledge in the studio of Davis Cooper. Davis' father was Abraham Cooper, a British artist famous for his depictions of battles. The first years as a trained artist were difficult for William. He barely made a living, living as a lodger with an unemployed ship's engineer. Illustrations provided a steady income. He illustrated the Arctic expedition of Sir George Nares and enriched adventure stories for boys with his book illustrations. As his artistic career grew, Overend devoted himself to depicting seascapes. Until the 19th century, the sea was not appreciated as a stand-alone motif. A depiction of the sea was always accompanied by an illustration of a ship or a sea battle. Overend expanded his repertoire and began working maritime subjects in oil.
Overend was a detailed and historically observant artist. He began collecting reference material for authentic representation. He acquired naval uniforms and hats, owned a detailed model frigate, and a collection of swords and daggers that had been in the hands of naval officers. Overend also found models in paintings and depictions of uniforms. In each work of the hides not only artistic talent. The first brushstroke was preceded by time-consuming and intensive research, which, together with specialist knowledge, produced impressive seascapes. Overend's works not only won acclaim from his artistic peers, but also attracted the attention of naval historians. An August Morning with Farragut ranks among the artist's greatest paintings. To depict a naval battle during the American Civil War era, William traveled to America and viewed the original sites. He sketched the ship and made mock-ups of the officers and crew from photographs. The completion of the lucrative painting probably took place in the artist's London studio.
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.jpg "The Great Volunteer Review at Windsor, Naval Artillery Volunteers Marching Past the Queen by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Mutiny at Spithead: Hauling Down the Red Flag AD 1797 by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Gatling Gun, as used in Our Navy by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Great Disaster on the Thames, Recovering Bodies from the Wreck of the Princess Alice by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Funeral of President Garfield, Funeral Car Waiting to Receive the Coffin by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The War in Egypt, the Armoured Train, Front of the Train, with Nordenfeldt Gun by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Earthquake in Spain, People of Granada taking Shelter in Wooden Huts and Tents by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Barbette Turret of HMS Temeraire, One of the Fleet at the Dardanelles, Gun Practice, Ready to Fire! by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Royal Review, the Brigade of Guards marching past the Queen by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Football Match, 1890 by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition, Arrival of the First Division of the Camel Corps at Wady Halfa by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The German Emperor at Portsmouth, Attack under Cover of Colonel Crease")
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.jpg "The Queen at Manchester, Her Majesty, in the Admiralty Yacht Enchantress, opening the Ship Canal by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Graeco-Turkish War by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "A City in Mourning, the Streets of Berlin by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Sketches of Gipsy Life; A bachelor")
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.jpg "The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York at the Royal Institution, Professor Dewar Lecturing on Liquid Air by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Great Disaster at a Ship Launch on the Clyde, sinking of the Daphne, with Two Hundred Men by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, the Laager Method of Defence by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Looshai Expedition, Goorkhas clearing a Passage through Bamboo Jungle by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "General Ghous-ud-din Khan, Commander of the Afghan Troops at Penjdeh, with His Afghan Soldiers by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Situation at Souakim, HMS Albacore shelling Osman Digna")
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.jpg "Marriage Festivities at Berlin, Fackel-Tanz, or Torch Dance, at the Royal Wedding by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Victory on 21 October 1805, at Trafalgar by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "HMS Eurydice as Last Seen by Benjamin Cuddiford, One of the Two Survivors by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Collision between the Ada and the Florinda by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The War in the Sudan, signalling the Position of the Enemy at Trinkitat to Admiral Sir W Hewett by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Matabili Insurrection, Relief of Inseza by the Honourable Maurice Gifford and Inspector Southey, Matabili Attack on Cummin")
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.jpg "Wreck of the Strathmore on the Crozet Islands, Turf Tower erected by the Survivors, making Signals to a Ship by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The War in Eastern Asia, Landing of Japanese Troops at Shan Tung Promontory by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Irish Land League, Recreation Time in Kilmainham Prison by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Love Me For Ever, by Robert Buchanan by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Royal Marriage, Reception of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and Princess Marie at Sigmaringen by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready, by Bret Harte by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Effects of the Storm in the Mersey on Tuesday, 1 November by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Farewell to Africa, Stanley and his Officers leaving Mombasa in the Steam-Ship Katoria by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The University Boat-Race, peeling for the Race by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The English in Cairo, visiting the Howling Dervishes in the Mosque of Mohammed Ali by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Royal Marriage at Berlin, Wedding Ceremony in the Chapel of the Royal Palace by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Right Honourable W E Gladstone at Oxford, delivering the Romanes Lecture in the Sheldonian Theatre by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Opening of the Antwerp International Exhibition, 5 May, Count de Pret reading the Address to the King by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Advance towards Dongola, Sonki by Moonlight, inside the Zareba by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Wild Duck Shooting, West of Ireland (engraving) by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Explosion at Mossfield Colliery, North Staffordshire, Scene at the Pit Head by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, Sir Charles Wilson")
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.jpg "The New Eddystone Lighthouse: The Stone-Cutting Establishment at Oreston, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Fighting in Burmah, Dacoits in Ambush by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Sketches of Gipsy Life; Tent at Hackney Wick by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Armament of HMS Northampton in Chatham Dockyard, lowering an 18-Ton Gun into the Battery by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Dynamite Explosion at Johannesburg, the Wanderers")
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.jpg "The Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race, the Boats passing under Barnes Railway Bridge by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Advance towards Dongola, waiting for the Nile to rise by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Hero of Trafalgar by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Afghan Boundary Dispute, Russian Troops at Baku on their Way to Central Asia by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The War in Egypt, the Guards as equipped for Service in Egypt by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Annexation of the Gilbert Islands by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Colonial Visitors at the Royal Albert Docks, Malays manning the Yards of the P and O Steam-Ship Rome by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Graeco-Turkish War, General View of the Battle of Mati by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Colonial Procession passing through Trafalgar Square, the Canadian Mounted Troops preceding the Premier of Canada by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "En Route to Brazil, Sketch on Board the Steam-Ship Thames by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Naval Manoeuvres, on the Look-Out for the Enemy by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Master of the Mine, by Robert Buchanan by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Royal Visit to Ireland, the Prince and Princess of Wales at the Lakes of Killarney by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Zulu War in South Africa, Cetewayo, the Zulu King by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Insurrection in Crete, the Harbour of Canea by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Eastern Crisis, Scenes in Canea Bay by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The War in the Sudan, Black Troops leaving Massowah to join the Forces at Souakim by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Tower Bridge, to be erected over the Thames, Foundation-Stone laid by the Prince of Wales by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Skating Disaster in Regents Park, London 1868 AD by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, Isandhlwana revisited, fetching away the Waggons, 21 May by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Boating on the Cabul River, Visit to the Caves at Chicknour by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Crofters of Lewis, in the Hebrides by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race, Mr Muttlebury Coaching the Cambridge Crew from a Steam Launch by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Chinese Ironclad Battle-Ship Chen-Yuen Undergoing Repairs at Port Arthur by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Grace Darling by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Rebellion in the North-West Territory of Canada, Colonial Troops marching over the Ice of Nepigon Bay, Lake Superior by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Prince of Wales at St Mary")
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.jpg "The Matabili Insurrection, on the North Side of the Laager, Buluwayo, Moonlight by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Yacht-Racing, rounding the Buoy, Haul in the Main Sheet! by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Riots in Belfast, the Island Men going up North-Street by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Funeral of the late Prince Baldwin of Flanders at Brussels, the Lying-in-State by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Advance on Dongola, the Expeditionary Force leaving Fereig at Daybreak on the Way to Hafir by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Ulster Demonstration at Belfast, Procession passing Mr Balfour, and burning of the Home Rule Bill by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "The Advance towards Dongola, the Battle of Ferket by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "An Experimental Cruise, HMS Hecate at Sea on her Passage to Heligoland by William Heysham Overend")
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.jpg "Trying the Range, a Sketch on Board a Man-of-War by William Heysham Overend")
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