A Motor Boat of the British Power Boat Company, Hythe (1941)
Photo: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London      
© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1947 (CC BY-NC-ND)

A Motor Boat of the British Power Boat Company, Hythe

1941

Oil on canvas
68.5 x 81.5 cm

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London


Commissioned Works Official War Artist Towns | Town Life | Buildings Wartime All Works in Public Collections Works | 1940 to 1949 Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

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Recto: Signed and dated: R Eurich 1941

Aka: A Motor Boat of the British Power Boat Company, Hythe [NMM]; White motor gunboat, Hythe [RE sales diary]

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Provenance

COMMISSIONED | 1941

by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee

GIFTED | 1947

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to the National Maritime Museum; accession number BHC1568

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

"Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day" - Imperial War Museum, London, UK

Cat 14

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Provenance:

  • COMMISSIONED - 1941 - by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee
  • GIFTED - 1947 - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
    by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to the National Maritime Museum; accession number BHC1568

Exhibitions:

  • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992 - "Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day", Imperial War Museum, London, UK
    Cat 14

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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