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Maintaining export trade

Maintaining export trade
 (1917)
plate 62 from the Transport by sea set, in The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals series, commissioned by the British Department of Information; published by the Fine Arts Society, London, 1917

Medium
lithograph
Measurements
35.7 × 46.1 cm (image) 40.3 × 51.1 cm (sheet)
Edition
edition of 200
Inscription
printed (in reverse) in ink (in image) l.c.: CHAS PEARS
chopmark (in image) l.l.: (lion and unicorn beside crowned shield; royal coat of arms)
label formerly on old mount, printed in ink u.l.: Charles Pears. / MAINTAINING EXPORT TRADE. / The ship is being shelled by a u-boat. / A / 62
Accession Number
954-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Government of Great Britain, 1919
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes Military and Warfare
Subjects (specific)
floodlights (lighting devices) naval guns night sailing vessels sails (equipment) ships silhouettes World War I (global war, 1914-1918)