London leave

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Accession Number ART25523
Collection type Art
Measurement Framed: 62.2 cm x 54.5 cm; Unframed: 46.6 cm x 38.6 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on plywood
Maker Colahan, Colin
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A rainy day in London during the Second World War. A bus looms large in the wetness; a grouping of three women wearing high heels stand at the left and two men in Airforce uniform can be seen walking along the street; the white beam of car headlights reflect in the watery streets breaking the dull greyness of the day.

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