File:'On board a light cruiser, six inch gun in action'; probably on the 'Aurora' at the Battle of the Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915 RMG PW1840.jpg
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English: 'On board a light cruiser, six inch gun in action'; probably on the 'Aurora' at the Battle of the Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915 Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, 'W L Wyllie from nature', lower right. This is a fairly finished drawing of a scene on an 'Arethusa'-class light cruiser which is beyond reasonable doubt the 'Aurora' (1913), since a related one in colour wash (PAF1849) is almost identical and titled 'Aurora 6" gun in action Dogger Bank'. The present monochrome version was certainly reproduced by Wyllie in his and M.F Wren's Sea Fights of the Great War' (1918), f. p. 136, as one of the illustrations to its account of that battle so may well have been done specifically for that purpose. The 'Aurora' briefly engaged the German light cruiser 'Kolberg' (1908) of the 2nd Scouting Group in the early morning of 24 January 1915 and started the action that became known as the Battle of Dogger Bank. Wyllie was, of course, not present at the action and the related drawing mentioned is a preliminary study, probably done from watching a practice drill. |
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| Date | 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Sheet: 271 mm x 439 mm; card sheet: 402 mm x 559 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Box Title: Wyllie: Kitson III a. b. Naval Ships c1880-1915. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/125975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P8, 65 Caird Catalogue Wyllie Collection Number: 79 10 Caird Catalogue Wyllie Collection Number: 89 10 Kitson/Wyllie Catalogue Number: III b 39 Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 360 id number: PAF1840 |
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| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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