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The Boats Were Machine-Gunned

1941

Oil on canvas
76.6 x 101.6 cm

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

Aka: The Boats Were Machine-Gunned; The Boats Were Machine Gunned; Ship's Boats dive-bombed [RE sales diary]

COMMISSIONED | [unknown date]

by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee [Richard entered this work into his sales diary in 1943 but noted that he painted it in 1942.]

GIFTED | 1947

by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to Manchester Art Gallery; accession number 1947.394

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

Cat 17

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COMMISSIONED - [unknown date] - by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee [Richard entered this work into his sales diary in 1943 but noted that he painted it in 1942.]
GIFTED - 1947 - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to Manchester Art Gallery; accession number 1947.394

26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992 - "Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day", Imperial War Museum, London, UK
Cat 17

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