File:Study for 'Battleships at Target Practice in the Atlantic' RMG PW1771.jpg
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English: Study for 'Battleships at Target Practice in the Atlantic' This very dramatic and broadly handled watercolour appears to be a study of 'Iron Duke'-class battleships firing their main armament at sea in the 1915-17 period, before their bridges were enlarged. The leading ship is flying a flag signal but no battle ensign, which is one reason for believing the image shows a gunnery exercise, not a sea action. Another is the very strong probability that this is in fact a preliminary version of the watercolour reproduced (in colour) in Wyllie's co-authored book 'More Sea Fights of the Great War (1919) f. p. 72, with the title quoted above. The basic composition and viewpoint is the same, and disposition of the guns on the leading ship in particular suggest that is the case, though the finished version is more developed. |
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| Date | circa 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Sheet: 288 x 451 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Box Title: Wyllie: Kitson II b 1-33 1st World War. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/125906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P8, 65 Caird Catalogue Wyllie Collection Number: 187 30 Kitson/Wyllie Catalogue Number: II b 29 id number: PAF1771 |
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| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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