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Submarines in Dry Dock
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
architecture
dock
England
England, South East
England, Southern
history
inscriptions
Kent
military: World War II
number
places
society
submarine
symbols and personifications
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK counties
UK countries and regions
World War II - non-specific
<p>Ravilious studied at the Royal College of Art, where he was taught by Paul Nash and became close friends with Edward Bawden. He went on to produce designs for Wedgwood and Stuart Crystal and advertisements for London Transport.  Ravilious was attached to the Admiralty with the honorary rank of Captain, Royal Marines from February 1940. Submarines in Dry Dock was probably painted at Chatham or Sheerness where he spent much of the first two months of his service as a war artist. Midnight Sun was painted shortly after, on a trip to Norway in a destroyer.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour crayon pastel
23 October 2003 – 25 January 2004
2004-01-25
23 October 2003 – 25 January 2004
2004-01-25
2003-10-23
Imperial War Museum (London, UK)
http://www.iwm.org.uk/
2003-10-23
Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities
Loan-out
15 November 2012 – 3 January 2013
2013-01-03
15 November 2012 – 3 January 2013
2013-01-03
2012-11-15
Royal College of Art (London, UK)
http://www.rca.ac.uk
2012-11-15
Royal College of Art 175th Anniversary
Loan-out
1 April 2015 – 31 August 2015
2015-08-31
1 April 2015 – 31 August 2015
2015-08-31
2015-04-01
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2015-04-01
Eric Ravilious
Loan-out
22 March 2018 – 17 June 2018
2018-06-17
22 March 2018 – 17 June 2018
2018-06-17
2018-03-22
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust (Chatham, UK)
2018-03-22
400th Anniversary of Historic Dockyard Chatham
Loan-out
Submarines in Dry Dock
support: 432 × 571 mm
frame: 707 × 820 × 25 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p>Ravilious studied at the Royal College of Art, where he was taught by Paul Nash and became close friends with Edward Bawden. He went on to produce designs for Wedgwood and Stuart Crystal and advertisements for London Transport. 
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Ravilious was attached to the Admiralty with the honorary rank of Captain, Royal Marines from February 1940. Submarines in Dry  Dock was probably painted at Chatham or Sheerness where he spent much of the  first two months of his service as a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/war-artists" title="Glossary definition for 'War Artists'"><span>war artist</span></a>. Midnight Sun was painted shortly after, on a trip to Norway in a destroyer. 
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<p><b>N05722</b> SUBMARINES IN DRY DOCK 1940</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Watercolour, 17×22 1/2 (43×57).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, R.A., October–November 1945 (182); Eastbourne and Brighton, 1948 (39).</p>
<p>Ravilious was attached to the Admiralty with the honorary rank of Captain, Royal Marines, from 10 February 1940, and this picture was painted before 12 April of that year as is clear from correspondence at the Imperial War Museum. It was probably painted at Chatham or Sheerness where he spent the greater part of his time during the first two months of his service as a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/war-artists" title="Glossary definition for 'War Artists'"><span>War Artist</span></a>.</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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Catalogue entry
2004-10-08T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
architecture dock England England, South East England, Southern history inscriptions Kent military: World War II number places society submarine symbols and personifications townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK counties UK countries and regions World War II - non-specific