The Master of the Welsh Tides James Harris Senior (1810 – 1887) stands as a profound figure in the annals of Victorian maritime art, a painter whose brush captured not merely the surface of the ocean, but its very soul. Born in the coastal atmosphere of Llanelly, Glamorgan, around 1810, Harris was a child of the sea. His early life was deeply intertwined with the maritime traditions of Wales; with a father involved in the rugged indus…