Watercolour, ink and crayon on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alan-sorrell-1964" aria-label="More by Alan Sorrell" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Alan Sorrell</a>
Southampton Dock
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
adults
architecture
builder
building site
cloud
crane
dock
dockyard
England
England, South East
England, Southern
figure
Hampshire
history
industrial
industrial and crafts
military: World War II
objects
people
places
Southampton, Southampton Docks
tools and machinery
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
weather
Western European Campaign, 1944-5
work and occupations
paper unique watercolour ink crayon
Southampton Dock
support: 521 × 625 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05731</b> SOUTHAMPTON DOCK 1944</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Alan Sorrell 1944’ b.r.
<br/>Pen, watercolour and crayon on paper, 20 1/2×24 5/8 (51·3×62·5).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, R.A., October–November 1945 (954).</p>
<p>This shows the construction of part of the Mulberry Harbour works used for the invasion of Normandy in 1944. The artist worked up the final <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> in his studio using sketches which he had made previously on the site in the docks at Southampton (letter from the artist, 7 August 1957).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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adults architecture builder building site cloud crane dock dockyard England England, South East England, Southern figure Hampshire history industrial industrial and crafts military: World War II objects people places Southampton, Southampton Docks tools and machinery townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions weather Western European Campaign, 1944-5 work and occupations