James Harris Senior (1810 – 1887): A Welsh Master of Maritime Romanticism James Harris Senior was a prolific Welsh marine artist who achieved considerable renown during the Victorian era, primarily celebrated for his dramatic depictions of stormy seas and heroic ship battles. Born in Llanelly, Glamorgan, around 1810, he possessed an innate fascination with the ocean—a passion that would profoundly shape his artistic vision and propel him to become one of Wales’s most respected painters. His formative years were marked by exposure to Welsh Romanticism, a movement characterized by its emphasis…