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Eurich was an official war artist in the Second World War, and this oil painting is one of a group of 11 allocated to the National Maritime Museum afterwards. It is an interpretation of the British Power Boat Company, based at the Hythe yard on Southampton water. The company produced many motorboats and gunboats similar to the ones depicted. The boatyard and launch house are depicted with a sense of hustle and bustle, and are surrounded by a landscape of hills and fields and the harbour in the foreground. There is a slipway and a seaplane on the far left. In front of the boat-yard is an air-raid shelter protected by barbed wire and two sentries. All the buildings are painted in camouflage colours, the patterns of which merge with the landscape and patchwork of fields beyond.
Title
The British Power Boat Company
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76.2 x W 127 cm
Accession number
BHC1570
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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