I have six of Ballin's watercolours for sale. They are superbly executed and show wonderful detail, depicting that fascinating, transitional period when sail changed to steam.

Born in Boulogne on the 17th. March 1842, Ballin was a pupil of Jules Noel. He became both a marine painter and an (acid) etcher. Ballin exhibited paintings and etchings at the Royal Academy in London (between 1872 and 1879) as well as in Paris.

Four of Ballin's etchings and a group of his drawings are in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. The Naval Club in Hill St. Mayfair now owns Ballin's oil paintings of the Battle of Trafalgar.