The Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 2 (c1961)
Photo: from Arthur Tooth catalogue      

The Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 2

c1961

43.8 x 54 cm

Unknown collection (see timeline)


Works | 1960 to 1969 Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports Commissioned Works All Works in RA Summer Exhibitions 1937 to 1993

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Aka: The Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 2 [RA]; ; Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard 1960; Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard [RE sales diary]

Other measurements: 43.8 x 54 cm [RE sales diary]

England Hampshire Portsmouth The South Royal Navy battleship guns military ship towing tugs tug boat warships

This painting depicts HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy's last battleship, being towed out of Portsmouth harbour on its final journey to the breakers yard.  The story of its departure is well documented because it notoriously ran aground.

We have three other records for RE works depicting the departure: Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 1, HMS Vanguard, 4th August 1960, Portsmouth (c1961) and Study of HMS Vanguard leaving Portsmouth to be Broken Up (c1961). The last two may refer to the same work.

REP / PC

The sketch below is dated the 6th of August, 1960 but the event of HMS Vanguard being towed out of Portsmouth harbour is generally recorded as being the 4th of August. We cannot explain this discrepency.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 29th Apr to 13th Aug 1961

"Summer Exhibition 1961" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 259

EXHIBITED | 29th Sep to 16th Oct 1970

"Richard Eurich - Recent Paintings" - Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Cat 40, illustrated; priced at £250

ACQUIRED | 1970

bought by private collector from Tooth's

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1970 - bought by private collector from Tooth's

Exhibitions:

  • 29th Apr to 13th Aug 1961 - "Summer Exhibition 1961", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 259
  • 29th Sep to 16th Oct 1970 - "Richard Eurich - Recent Paintings", Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
    Cat 40, illustrated; priced at £250

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Sketches  

Sketch_18-70 last voyage Vanguard Portsmouth (6th Aug 1960)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

Related  

Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 1 (1961)

Image © National Museum of the Royal Navy

 

HMS Vanguard, 4th August 1960, Portsmouth (1961)

Image © Gracefields Arts Centre

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