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Gibraltar Harbour with Escort Groups Going To Sea
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
countries and continents
Gibraltar
harbour
history
military: World War II
places
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, warship
society
transport: water
World War II - non-specific
paper unique watercolour
Gibraltar Harbour with Escort Groups Going To Sea
support: 571 × 787 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05721</b> GIBRALTAR HARBOUR WITH ESCORT GROUPS GOING TO SEA 1944</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Pitchforth 44’ b.l.
<br/>Watercolour, 22 1/2×31 (57×79).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, R.A., October–November 1945 (557).</p>
<p>One of a number of <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/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> painted at Gibraltar showing escorts under various weather conditions (letter from the artist, 25 November 1955).</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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countries and continents Gibraltar harbour history military: World War II places sea seascapes and coasts ship, warship society transport: water World War II - non-specific