File:'The last of Blücher' RMG PW1765.tiff
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Summary
William Lionel Wyllie: The last of Blücher
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| Title |
The last of Blücher |
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painting  |
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| Genre |
marine art |
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| Description |
English: This shows the sinking of the German armoured cruiser Blücher at the Battle of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915. Blücher is shown capsizing to port, with the British battlecruiser Tiger of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron in the right background. Incorrectly, the main armament of Tiger is shown trained fore and aft. The British destroyer on the left is much too close to Blücher at this stage, a case of artistic licence on Wyllie's part for compositional effect. The gunnery action commenced at 09.00 and Blücher capsized at 12.07, having sustained many shell hits and a reported seven torpedoes: 189 crew members were rescued by British destroyers. This drawing was reproduced in colour, with the title as given here, in Sea Fights of the Great War (1918), the book which Wyllie wrote with M.F. Wren, and for which Wyllie provided drawings and watercolours for the 24 colour and 26 black and white illustrations. It is fairly clear that not all were done specifically for the book, though this one may have been given that it (unusually) bears a close execution date. 'The last of Blücher' |
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| Date |
1916 |
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| Dimensions |
height: 267 mm (10.5 in) ; width: 426 mm (16.7 in) |
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| Accession number |
RMG PW1765 (Royal Museums Greenwich) |
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| Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left: William Lionel Wyllie 1916
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| Notes | Box Title: Wyllie: Kitson II b 1-33 1st World War. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/125900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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: 48 30 Kitson/Wyllie Catalogue Number: II b 19 id number: PAF1765 |
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| Collection | Fine art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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