Lot Essay
Completed by Armstrong's in August 1918 and displaced 4,850 tons, the light cruiser H.M.S. Delhi only saw active service in the Second World War, before being broken up in 1948.
H.M.S. Delhi at sea wearing the flag of a Rear-Admiral
Details
L.J. Lake (c.1924)
H.M.S. Delhi at sea wearing the flag of a Rear-Admiral
signed and dated 'L.J. Lake/1924' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
14 x 21in. (35.6 x 53.4cm.)
H.M.S. Delhi at sea wearing the flag of a Rear-Admiral
signed and dated 'L.J. Lake/1924' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
14 x 21in. (35.6 x 53.4cm.)
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