A Ship's Boat at Sea (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 Ship's Boat at Sea

1941

Oil on canvas
35.6 x 62.2 cm

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London


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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. EURICH. 1941.

Aka: A Ship's Boat at Sea [NMM]; Crew of Torpedoed Tanker at sea in ship's boat [RE sales diary]

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Provenance

COMMISSIONED | 1941

by the Admiralty / War Artists Advisory Committee

GIFTED | c1947

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

by the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number BHC1569

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Provenance:

  • COMMISSIONED - 1941 - by the Admiralty / War Artists Advisory Committee
  • GIFTED - c1947 - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
    by the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number BHC1569

Exhibitions:

  • None recorded.

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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