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Tobruk Harbour
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
adults
architecture
bomb damage
chimney
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
city wall
coast
countries and continents
desert
figure
flat
history
industrial
landscape
Libya
military: World War II
North African Campaigns, 1940-3
people
places
residential
ruins
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, warship
society
Tobruk
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
paper unique graphite ink watercolour
Tobruk: The Harbour
support: 451 × 1156 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05684</b> TOBRUK: THE HARBOUR 1942
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Edward Bawden’ b.r
<br/>Pen and watercolour, 17 3/4×45 1/2 (45×114·5), on two pieces of paper joined together.
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, Brighton, 1943, National Gallery, 1945, Glasgow, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (390).
<br/><i>Repr:</i>	Richards, 1946, pl.27 (in colour)
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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adults architecture bomb damage chimney cities, towns, villages (non-UK) city wall coast countries and continents desert figure flat history industrial landscape Libya military: World War II North African Campaigns, 1940-3 people places residential ruins sea seascapes and coasts ship, warship society Tobruk townscapes / man-made features transport: water