File:Arthur Lismer - The Little Drifter and the Big Freighter.jpg
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Arthur Lismer: The Little Drifter and the Big Freighter
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The Little Drifter and the Big Freighter |
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lithograph  |
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| Description |
In this print, war artist Arthur Lismer depicts two ships in the waters off Halifax. Canada built over 100 small drifters (foreground) during the war to help protect against German submarine attack. Wooden-hulled, lacking experienced sailors, and outgunned by German U-Boats, the drifters still offered some protection to the east coast. Their very presence convinced some U-Boats to hunt in safer waters to the south after the United States entered the war in April 1917. The big freighter (background) wears dazzle paint, a type of camouflage. |
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| Date |
1919 |
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ink on wove paper |
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| Dimensions |
height: 40 cm (15.7 in) ; width: 54.8 cm (21.5 in) |
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19710261-0353 and 19710261-0948 (Canadian War Museum) |
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https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1013877 |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1028745 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
Work for the Canadian War Memorials Fund under the Canadian War Records Office, placing this work under crown copyright. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18:15, 18 January 2012 |  | 768 × 583 (87 KB) | Labattblueboy (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:Arthur Lismer}} |title = The Little Drifter and the Big Freighter |description = {{lang|en|In this print, war artist Arthur Lismer depicts two ships in the waters off Halifax. Canada built over 10 |
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