Unsinkable Sam Neutral I absolutely adore them but

I absolutely adore them but they are rare and I expect one day soon a cleverer and richer dealer will root out a stash on the continent and make them very expensive overnight

This gem of a portrait was painted in 1949

Exhibited at the Mall Galleries

Guy Lipscombe was a graphic artist and illustrator but also a sought-after portrait painter

Unsinkable Sam Neutral I absolutely adore them butAfter the sinking of the Bismarck in 1941, British sailors found Sam clinging to a floating plankthe only survivor rescued by the HMS Cossack. Just months later, the Cossack was struck and sunk by a torpedo. Sam survived and was brought safely to the shores of Gibraltar. His final post was on board the famous aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal but the ship was torpedoed and Sam was found "angry but quite unharmed" clinging to a piece of debris. After the