Description
The lithographic print depicts two men seated steering the submarine while another man is seated with his arms crossed resting. The work was one of ten prints made from a series of drawings made on location in a submarine control room and is based on drawings of submarine interiors executed during summer 1940 at Portsmouth and HMS Dolphin, Hampshire.
In February 1940 Eric Ravilious joined his colleagues John Nash and Muirhead Bone as an artist appointed to the Royal Navy. It was the first time he was able to paint almost full time and his rate of completion also lead to a more rapid development in technique and range of subject matter.
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Accession Number
ART28413.001
Physical Description
Medium: yellow, two blues,grey and ochre with orange and red watercolour on white wove paper
Measurement
Sheet: 29.6 cm x 34.2 cm
Medium
Five colour lithograph with watercolour on wove paper
Credit Line
Purchased 1982
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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