File:Alex Colville-Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France (CWM 19710261-1679).jpeg
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[edit]Alex Colville: Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France label QS:Len,"Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France" |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Alex Colville's painting depicts Canadian landing craft, probably from HMCS Prince David, transporting Allied troops to their landing beaches. A maple leaf (centre right) identifies the troop-filled Landing Craft Assault (LCA) in the foreground as Canadian. Another LCA (centre), tows a rubber boat with additional troops (upper right). Prince David's landing craft transported French commandos to capture defences on the mainland, and were guided and escorted by American PT (patrol torpedo) boats like the one in the background. The landings took place in the early hours of the morning in an attempt to take German forces by surprise. |
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Date | 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 101.4 cm (39.9 in) ; width: 76 cm (29.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+101.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+76.0U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1032442 |
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Accession number |
19710261-1679 (Canadian War Museum) |
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Notes |
English: In the dead of night, Canadian landing craft, led by an American torpedo boat (background), carry French North African commandoes towards the Mediterranean coast. Official Canadian war artist Alex Colville first sketched a series of preparatory evening exercises off Corsica, and then the actual landing at 0130 on 15 August 1944. Colville accompanied the assault wave to shore, and then returned to the command ship HMCS Prince David. |
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References | https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1013580 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1013580 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
Work by a commissioned official war artist placing this work under crown copyright. |
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10:52, 2 April 2018 | 1,618 × 2,160 (325 KB) | Labattblueboy (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:Alex Colville}} |title = {{title|Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France}} |description = {{en| Alex Colville's painting depicts Canadian landing craft, probably from HMCS Prince David, transporting Allied troops to their landing beaches. A maple leaf (centre right) identifies the troop-filled Landing Craft Assault (LCA) in the foreground as Canadian. Another LCA (centre), tows a rubber boat with additional tr... |
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File change date and time | 09:08, 30 April 2014 |
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