A Life Defined by the Sea The story of William John Huggins is one inextricably linked to the salt spray and shifting tides of the nineteenth century. While much of his early life remains shrouded in mystery, his identity was forged through direct experience with the ocean. Before he became a celebrated painter, he lived the life of a seaman, serving as an ordinary seaman on the East Indiaman Perseverance during a voyage to Bombay and…