Henry Scott Tuke, R.A., R.W.S. (1858-1929)

This is an early watercolour of ships in Falmouth harbour by Tuke. It shows a more tentative style of watercolour painting compared to his later works and it looks like he stopped before finishing it in more detail, possibly due to wet weather. 
Tuke did not start exhibiting his watercolours at the R.W.S. (Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour) until he was elected an associate member in 1904.
This is possibly one of a series of watercolours that are listed in Tuke's register for 1893 that were called Falmouth Roads, and In harbour but were exhibited locally either at Truro Fisheries or the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society in Falmouth.