Roland Vivian Pitchforth

Gibraltar Harbour with Escort Groups Going To Sea

1944

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Artist: Roland Vivian Pitchforth 1895–1982
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 571 × 787 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
Reference: N05721

Catalogue entry

N05721 GIBRALTAR HARBOUR WITH ESCORT GROUPS GOING TO SEA 1944

Inscr. ‘Pitchforth 44’ b.l.
Watercolour, 22 1/2×31 (57×79).
Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
Exh: National War Pictures, R.A., October–November 1945 (557).

One of a number of watercolours painted at Gibraltar showing escorts under various weather conditions (letter from the artist, 25 November 1955).

Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II

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