File:The battle of the Bay of Biscay, 28 December 1943 BHC0686.jpg
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[edit]Norman Wilkinson: The battle of the Bay of Biscay, 28 December 1943
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q3343830 |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre |
military art ![]() |
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Description |
The action depicted is the battle between HMS 'Glasgow' (1936) and HMS 'Enterprise' (1927) and a group of German destroyers: 'Glasgow' is leading the British line. The Royal Navy had the best of this fight, sinking the German destroyers 'Z27', 'T25' and 'T26'. |
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Date |
mid 20th century date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (circa 1944date QS:P571,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ) |
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Medium |
oil on paper medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 27.9 cm (10.9 in); width: 45.7 cm (17.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,27.9U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,45.7U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1199924 |
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Current location |
not on view |
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Accession number |
BHC0686 |
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Credit line | Caird Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Royal Museums Greenwich: identifier 12178 (BHC0686 — National Maritime Museum) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Credit/Provider | (c) National Maritime Museum; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation |
Online copyright statement | http://www.thepcf.org.uk |
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Date and time of data generation | 26 March 2020 |
JPEG file comment | Created by ImageGear, AccuSoft Corp. |
File change date and time | 02:43, 31 August 2012 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 03:43, 31 August 2012 |
Date metadata was last modified | 03:43, 31 August 2012 |
IIM version | 2 |