The Great Convoy to North Africa, November 1942 (1943)
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)

The Great Convoy to North Africa, November 1942

1943

Oil on canvas
76 x 127 cm

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London


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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R Eurich 1943

Aka: The Great Convoy to North Africa, November 1942 [IWM]; Great African Convoy [RE sales diary]

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8-10-1943:

Worked seven hours on Convoy picture (30x50)

This diary entry confirms that the date of the painting is 1943.

RE diary entry

See another painting of this subject, The Great Convoy to North Africa.

Provenance

COMMISSIONED | 1943

by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee

GIFTED | [unknown date]

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

by the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number BHC1565

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

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

Cat 26

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Provenance:

  • COMMISSIONED - 1943 - by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee
  • GIFTED - [unknown date] - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
    by the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number BHC1565

Exhibitions:

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

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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The Great Convoy to North Africa (1943)

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