300863
Photograph 300863 Period 1970-1979SYDNEY, NSW. 1971. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL HMAS KARA KARA LAID UP IN RESERVE IN ATHOL BIGHT. NOTE THE CRANES OF GARDEN ISLAND DOCKYARD IN THE BACKGROUND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION
HMS Renown, Sydney Harbour Accession Number: ART14910
Description
HMS Renown, Sydney Harbour shows the ship anchored in the Athol Bight having brought the Prince of Wales to Australia. It was painted from the North Shore and shows the Domain, Elizabeth Bay and Garden Island in the background. Although the work is not directly related to the war, it was thought that'...there was some connection between the Prince of Wales' visit and the war that preceded it [and] that a good painting by Streeton of a Naval subject would add to the interest of the pictures...exhibited in the Naval gallery'. Depicts Royal Navy battlecruiser, anchored in Athol Bight, Sydney Harbour, during HRH Prince of Wales' (later King Edward VII) tour; Elizabeth Bay and Garden Island in background.
Details
Accession Number
ART14910
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
framed: 80.2 x 93.3 cm
unframed: 63.6 cm x 76.5 cm
unframed: 63.6 cm x 76.5 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
1922
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased on 13/2/1950 from Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Lane-Poole in Broadwindsor, Beaminister, Dorset, England.
File no 895/3/10
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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