SHELLING A BRITISH CONVOY FROM THE FRENCH COAST

Item
11/15
Set

Greeting, THE KING & QUEEN & QUEEN MARY (KGVI period) WWII, Oversize (set: OFFICIAL WAR PICTURE FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY) (KGVI England)

Set Comment

logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD --ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY -- LONDON ; NEW YORK -- COPYRIGHT MADE IN ENGLAND. come impressed on front in oval CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED, set of 15 cards


Title

SHELLING A BRITISH CONVOY FROM THE FRENCH COAST

In set

KGVI England

Item Comment

single sheet single fold, gilt and white margins inside left:-SHELLING A BRITISH CONVOY BY GERMAN GUNS FROM THE FRENCH COAST THIS ACTION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, TOOK PLACE IN BRILLIANT SUNSHINE, WHICH CAST LONG STRAIGHT SHADOWS OF CLOUDS UPON THE SEA. THE SCENE IS TAKEN FROM THE WESTERN JETTY OF DOVER HARBOUR, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT.....EACH SHIP IN THE HARBOUR IS A "PORTRAIT"

Type

Greeting Card

Artist

CHARLES PEARS

Size

17.8 x 14 cm., oversize

Topics

Second World War