The meeting of HMT "Queen Elizabeth" and "Queen Mary"

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number ART21764
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 40.5 x 60.9 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description carbon pencil with white heightening on paper
Maker Norton, Frank
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Sydney Harbour
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Believed to be the first occasion that these two trans-Atlantic liners have met in service. HMT "Queen Elizabeth" (two funnels) is outward bound from Sydney after fitting out for troop carrying and HMT "Queen Mary" inward bound to embark troops, Sydney Heads.