The building of HMS The Prince of Wales

Details

Charles Ginner, A.R.A. (1878-1952)
The building of HMS The Prince of Wales
oil on canvas
20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted in 1940

Provenance

with The Fine Art Society, London, May 1974.
with James Kirkman, London, 1974, where purchased by the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Piccadilly Gallery, Charles Ginner, 1969, no. 20.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

In Notebooks III, p. 211, Ginner records the sale the of the painting Building a Warship which had been commissioned by the Ministry of Information in 1940 (Imperial War Museum, London, LD252). This work was included in an Exhibition of War Artists' Work at the National Gallery, London in 1940. The present work is a smaller version of this commission.

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