Charcoal

24 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (62.5 x 45 cm)

British poet John Edward Masefield was born in Herefordshire. He studied at King’s School in Warwick before training as a merchant seaman. 

In 1895, he deserted his ship in New York City and worked there in a carpet factory before returning to London to write poems describing his experience at sea. 

Masefield was appointed British poet laureate in 1930.