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Big Ben the Bargee. A three-quarter-length double portrait to the right, sitting on a trunk and facing forward towards the viewer. On the right, with grey eyes and a small grey beard, Ben the bargee sits squarely in the stern of the barge, his left hand r
1943
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Bombardment of the coast near Trapani. (Updated, April 2016) 'Bombardment of the coast near Trapani' is currently used here as the title, since that is how it has previously appeared in other references, but the original named subject location w
1943
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Rear-Admiral Sir Kenneth Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie, 1892-1961. Cole was a salaried war artist and travelled as an honorary captain in the Marines. He considered his war experience the most significant of his life. This portrait was commissioned by the W
1943
National Maritime Museum

The great convoy to North Africa, November 1942. Oil painting
1943
National Maritime Museum

The surrendered Italian fleet with HMS 'King George V' and 'Howe', 1943. Oil painting by Rowland John Robb Langmaid, entitled 'The surrendered Italian fleet with HMS 'King George V' and 'Howe', 1943' The p
1943
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W. M. Ladbrooke, active 1939-45, Able Seaman, Merchant Navy. A half-length portrait to left in a buff parka and holding a pair of binoculars. Painted at the Merchant Navy convalescent home at Limpsfield in about 1943, the painting was received by the Muse
1943
National Maritime Museum

Air Sea Rescue Launch being overhauled. Stephen Bone was the son of the influential draughtsman and etcher Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953), who was an official war artist in both World Wars. Stephen Bone was appointed official war artist by the War Artists
1943, 30 June
National Maritime Museum

Midget submarine attack on the 'Tirpitz', 22 September 1943. As an official war artist to the Admiralty during the Second World War, Eurich painted the war effort at home, epic maritime engagements, and stories of survival at sea. Although he di
1944
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Sinking of the Scharnhorst, 26 December 1943. A representation of the sinking of the German battleship, 'Scharnhorst', created as an assignment for the War Artists' Advisory Committee. After she had made two unsuccessful attempts to attack
1944
National Maritime Museum