HMAS Australia at Bear Island

Accession Number ART27638
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 38 x 50.2 cm; frame: 40.4 x 52.7 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on board
Maker Adams, Dennis
Place made At sea
Date made c.1942-44
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A side on view of the Heavy Cruiser HMAS Australia in the midground, with an expanse of sea in the foreground. In the background, another ship, seagulls and Bear Island, between the north coast of Norway and Spitsbergen.