Little Ships on Patrol
Little Ships on Patrol

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A Second World War battleship at sea, with soldiers positioned at their guns on deck, and an officer standing to the left with his arms outstretched giving a command by semaphore. Two more vessels are in the water to the right, heading towards a number of boats on the horizon, indicated by points of billowing smoke.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Little Ships on Patrol

Date

1944

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 86.5 x W 127 cm

Accession number

1947.366

Acquisition method

gift from HM Government, War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : brc : artist's name, date : Pitchforth 44

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