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Arrival of second escort group of sloops at Liverpool. 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 t
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National Maritime Museum

Campbelltown Loch, April 1944. 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 Advisory
1944
National Maritime Museum

Campbeltown Loch boom nets and floats. 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 A
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National Maritime Museum

Captain Michael Torrens-Spence, 1914-2001. Michael Torrens-Spence won many decorations during wartime service in the Mediterranean as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm, and in the course of his career he held commissions in the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Forc
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National Maritime Museum

Clear Flight Deck: On Board an Aircraft Carrier. As an official war artist, Bone spent some time in a variety of naval shipping during the Second World War, including aircraft carriers. This is the deck of an aircraft carrier, possibly the escort carrier
1944
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Frank E Mattocks, Chief Engineer (1889-1965). A half-length portrait, to the left, in chief engineer’s uniform in the merchant service wearing a cap. His left hand is on his hip and he holds a pipe in his right hand. In the background is a convoy.
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Helford River, Cornwall. Oil painting by Lord Methuen, entitled 'Helford River, Cornwall'. The painting is signed and dated by the artist, and there is an oil sketch portrait of a woman on the verso.
1944
National Maritime Museum

HMS Mauritius on full speed trial. 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 Advis
1944
National Maritime Museum

HMS Pretoria Castle. 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 Advisory Committee
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National Maritime Museum

Lieutenant (Basil Charles) Godfrey Place, VC, DSC, 1921-94. A three-quarter-length portrait of Place, seated with arms folded, in a blue roll-necked sweater and dark green trousers. In 1942, as a 22-year-old Royal Naval lieutenant, Place commanded the mi
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Lieutenant Commander Stephen Halden Beattie (1908-1975). A half-length portrait of Lieutenant-Commander Beattie, wearing lieutenant-commander’s undress uniform. The sitter took part in the successful raid on St Nazaire, aimed at the destruction of t
1944
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Lieutenant Donald Cameron, VC, 1916-61. A three-quarter length portrait to right seated wearing blue battledress, a shirt showing white collar and cuffs and lieutenant's stripes on the shoulders. Cameron sits with his arms folded and stares straight
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Midget submarines at Campbeltown. 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 Adviso
1944
National Maritime Museum

Mulberry harbour, Arromanches: Normandy landing, June 1944. 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
1944
National Maritime Museum

Mulberry harbour, Arromanches: Normandy landing, June 1944. Stephen Bone, son of the important and influential artist Sir Muirhead Bone, was a significant participant in the War Artists Advisory Committee project. He produced a large number of paintings a
1944
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On Board an S-Class Submarine: up the Conning Tower. As an official war artist, Bone spent some time in a variety of naval shipping during the Second World War, including submarines. In this painting he has created a dynamic composition, contrasting artif
1944
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Royal Marine gunners in a cornfield. Oil painting
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Strike down aircraft after refuelling: on board an aircraft carrier. 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 w
1944
National Maritime Museum

The gooseberry, Courseulles. 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 Advisory Co
1944
National Maritime Museum

The Sailor [Maurice Alan Easton]. A head-and-shoulders portrait of a sailor with his arms folded facing right. He wears a seaman's uniform and a naval cap with the anonymous 'HMS' tally band, a wartime precaution to prevent the enemy knowin
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Barracudas bombing the 'Tirpitz', 3 April 1944. This painting forms part of Norman Wilkinson's ‘War at Sea’ series, a set of 54 paintings depicting the work of the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and RAF Coastal Command, which was exh
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Air raid on the anchorage: flak going up (D-Day, 6 June 1944, or following). This painting forms part of Norman Wilkinson's ‘The War at Sea’ series, depicting the work of the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and RAF Coastal Command, of which 53
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June 6th: landing craft going in to the beaches (D-Day, 6 June 1944). This painting forms part of Norman Wilkinson's ‘The War at Sea’ series, depicting the work of the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and RAF Coastal Command, of which 53 were ex
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National Maritime Museum

Minesweepers sweeping ahead of the destroyers: early morning, D-Day (6 June 1944). This painting forms part of Norman Wilkinson's ‘The War at Sea’ series, depicting the work of the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and RAF Coastal Command, of whi
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Off 'Mike' beach from the King's ship D10, 16 June 1944. ' Off 'Mike' beach from the King's ship D10, 16 June 1944' by Rowland Langmaid. Signed.
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National Maritime Museum