English maritime artist Thomas Luny was born in London in 1859 and became the assistant to Francis Holman. Thomas Luny produced a wealth of portraits and historical scenes with a total of nearly 3000 such paintings. Thomas Luny also served as a purser in the Royal Navy under the command of Captain George Tobin during the French Revolutionary war. Iin his later life he would be struck with severe hheumatoid arthritis but continued to paint with the brush strapped to his hand. Luny exhibited many paintings at the Royal Academy and also at the City Art Gallery of Bristol. He died in 1837.