| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART28413.002 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 30.4 x 33.4 cm; Image: 28.2 x 31.9 cm |
| Object type | |
| Physical description | five colour lithograph and watercolour on white wove paper |
| Maker |
Ravilious, Eric |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Suffolk, Ipswich |
| Date made | 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Commander of a submarine looking through the periscope
Description
This lithograph which illustrates a submarine interior with the commander looking through the periscope. In a bubble to the right the artist has illustrated the air plane which is being viewed from the submarine. This was one of ten prints made from drawings of submarine interiors executed during summer 1940 at Portsmouth and HMS Dolphin, Hampshire.
In February 1940 Eric Ravilious joined his colleagues John Nash and Muirhead Bone as an artist appointed to the Royal Navy. It was the first time he was able to paint almost full time and his rate of completion also lead to a more rapid development in technique and range of subject matter.