Country Life Trending: May 10, 2021 Cochrane’s Compensation, 1973, 27in by 35in, by John Chancellor (1925–84), private collection. Credit: Courtesy of Gordon Chancellor 2021/Photograph by Simon Hill Mark Dowie on his choice of Cochrane’s Compensation by John Chancellor ‘My choice of a sea painting is predictable! I have had a fascination with all things nautical since turning the first page of Mr Midshipman Hornblower at the age of 10. From then, it was inevitable that I would start my working life in the Royal Navy. ‘At the other end of my career, I remain firmly attached to the sea at the helm of the RNLI. I love the exquisite detail here: the light and the feeling of what is to come just beyond the next headland. Chancellor’s skill with the brush and his meticulous research take me to the quarterdeck of a Royal Navy frigate off the Azores in 1804 — a good place to be.’