General View of Charles Hill Shipbuilding Yard, Bristol

John Piper, 13 Dec 1903 - 1992



General View of Charles Hill Shipbuilding Yard, Bristol

John Piper 13 Dec 1903 - 1992

Summary

A shipyard scene, from a high viewpoint looking down. Buildings to the foreground with tiled roofs, with a chimney to the centre left foreground. An expanse of water to the fore- and midground. A gunboat on the water to the left with L69 painted on its side. Boats in the docks beyond and cranes in the background. The skies above the docks are dark.


Object Name

General View of Charles Hill Shipbuilding Yard, Bristol

Creators Name

John Piper

Date Created

1945 (circa)

Dimensions

support: 55.3cm x 69.9cm

accession number

1947.377

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

watercolour
pencil
chalk
ink
crayon

Credit

Gift of H.M. Government War Artists' Advisory Committee.

Legal

© transferred to MCGs from the War Artists Advisory Committee, Ministry of Information (1947)


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