File:Sunset with the fleet RMG PW1760.jpg
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English: Sunset with the fleet Signed by the artist, lower right. The location shown is the Grand Fleet's northern base at Scapa Flow , beyond reasonable doubt in the summer of 1915. On the left is the battlecruiser 'Tiger ' (1913). The other ships all appear to be battleships of the 'King Edward VII' class, which formed the 3rd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet from 1914 to April 1916. Their main topmasts were removed (as shown here) in 1914-15 and they were transferred south to Sheerness in April 1916. This tranquil sunset view of moored battleships reflects Wyllie's interest in depicting natural effects, and the influence of Turner. The ships, painted in Wyllie's characteristic reductive shorthand, are outlined against the summer sky at Scapa Flow, of which Wyllie wrote, 'it is impossible to give an idea of the vastness of the area or the multitude of the craft... In the midsummer days it was never really dark so far north...'. (W.D. Kirkpatrick, C. Owen and W.L. Wyllie, ‘More Seat Fights of the Great War' (London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1919). |
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| Date | 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Sheet: 275 x 444 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 633 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Box Title: Wyllie: Kitson II b 1-33 1st World War. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/125895 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: 59 30 Kitson/Wyllie Catalogue Number: II b 8 id number: PAF1760 |
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| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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